TY - JOUR T1 - A patient requesting physician-assisted suicide—reply AU - Bascom PB, Tolle SW Y1 - 2002/10/23 N1 - 10.1001/jama.288.16.1981 JO - JAMA SP - 1984 EP - 1984 VL - 288 IS - 16 N2 - Mr Stutsman and Dr Bates, who drafted the Oregon DWD law, do not make it clear that Mr G ultimately chose a plan of aggressive comfort measures and withdrew his request for PAS. We neither support nor oppose legalization of PAS. Our primary aim was to provide a simple message to physicians: explore the motivation behind a patient's request for PAS before disclosing your personal views. SN - 0098-7484 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.288.16.1981 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.288.16.1981 ER -