skip to main content
LOTERRE

LOTERRE

SAGE Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Content language

| español français
Search help

Concept information

... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > drugs and society > drug policy > cases in drug policy > Gonzales v. Oregon
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > deviance > drugs and society > drug policy > cases in drug policy > Gonzales v. Oregon
... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > deviance > drugs and society > drug policy > cases in drug policy > Gonzales v. Oregon

Preferred term

Gonzales v. Oregon  

Definition(s)

  • The Oregon Death with Dignity Act, a ballot initiative that legalized physician assisted suicide, won approval of Oregon voters in 1994. The law permits physicians to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to a patient agreed by two doctors to be within six months of dying from an incurable condition. [Source: Encyclopedia of Drug Policy; Gonzales v. Oregon]

Broader concept(s)

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-S3FXTF06-D

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD