Elder Abuse Manslaughter Case Between Gay Domestic Partners
Author: Joyce DeMonnin, M.P.H..; Jim Fun, J.D..
Source: Volume 07, Number 05, January/February 2005 , pp.65-67(3)
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Abstract:
In August 2003, the state of Oregon prosecuted Oscar Duenas, 52, for assisting in the suicide of his intimate partner, Hobart Muir. Although Oregon was the first state in the country to enact a “Death with Dignity” law allowing physician-assisted suicide, aiding a suicide without the assistance of a physician is prosecuted as a crime.Keywords: assisted suicide; lack of awareness about LGBT domestic violence
Affiliations:
1: Elder Safe Program; 2: Washington County District Attorney’s Office.