Dr. Tom Jeanne:

I am not sure I can make a generalisation here. There are lots of physicians who are not really involved and who probably do not have a strong opinion. There are physicians on both sides of the debate, on the right-to-life and anti-choice side and on the pro-choice side but the vast majority of physicians in Oregon are not participating in this act directly. They may be referring their patient to a physician specialist who would then go through the process with the patient. I do not have a sense that there is a unifying consensus from Oregon physicians as to whether this is a good or bad law. In one sense, that speaks to the fact that it is working as intended. Honestly, there is not a ton of dialogue in the public discourse or the in medical discourse about death or dignity. It has been running smoothly, or at least that is my impression.