Dr. Stephen Duckworth:

I would like to talk briefly about mental health, psychiatric illness and assisted dying in reference to a study reported in the Journal of Medical Ethicsregarding the Oregon legislation. This study showed:

no evidence of heightened risk for elderly people, women, people with low educational status or poor people, disabled people and chronically ill people, people with psychiatric illnesses, or ethnic minorities. Most people who seek out and Assisted Death are aged 65-84, white, well educated, have medical insurance and have cancer