Oregon was the first state in the United States to legislate end-of-life physician-assisted suicide. If you look at the Oregon reports, you see that one of the repeated drives for requests is the fear of becoming a burden on the family. People don't like it, and therefore they'd rather die. I think it's very unfortunate that this is the cause for death. That's my call for compassionate care, for palliative care and for helping people to not believe and feel that they are a burden on the family.
I'm not sure what the legislation is going to bring about, but I think all of us in this virtual room want to have an autonomous patient who is able to dictate the trajectory of life. When it is influenced by becoming a burden on the family, then of course autonomy is gone. We would like to retain the autonomy of the patient. That's my concern. That's why I'm here. I want to have a say for autonomy. I want all other factors to be at least addressed in a good and responsible fashion.