Rutgers: Medical Aid in Dying Mostly Used by Well-Educated, White Patients With Cancer
July 19, 2022
July 19, 2022
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 19 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news:
Rutgers researchers analyzed data from each of the 5,329 patients across the U.S. who died from medical aid in the 23 years after Oregon became the first state to legalize it and found one demographic dominates the group: well-educated, white patients with cancer.
More than 72 percent of patients who died with medical aid had at least some college education, more than 95 percent . . .
Rutgers researchers analyzed data from each of the 5,329 patients across the U.S. who died from medical aid in the 23 years after Oregon became the first state to legalize it and found one demographic dominates the group: well-educated, white patients with cancer.
More than 72 percent of patients who died with medical aid had at least some college education, more than 95 percent . . .