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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)




Victimization of the Elderly and Disabled

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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.

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