Dr. 360
“How Dr. 360’s Plan to Die Took an Unexpected Turn” (Jan. 2) says, “[Joe] Wolfson still says he refuses to be kept alive by machines or die in a hospital room, tubes invading his body. But he will not attempt a second burial at sea. If the pain becomes too much again, he says, he may consider a legal assisted suicide in Oregon, or perhaps outside the country.”
Physician-assisted suicide is legal in Oregon and the Netherlands. However, both have strict residency requirements. California residents simply do not have access to legal assisted suicide, even if they are willing and able to travel.
JEFF SLOAN
Irvine
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