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Annotation Dying Rightprovides an overview of the Death With Dignity movement, a history of how and why Oregon legalized physician-assisted suicide, and an analysis of the future of physician-assisted suicide. Engaging the question of how to balance a patient's sense about the right way to die, a physician's role as a healer, and the state's interest in preventing killing, Dying Rightcaptures the ethical, legal, moral, and medical complexities involved in this ongoing debate.