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Member Organizations (478)
AFRICA (1)
South Africa (1)
SAVES - The Living Will Society
Zimbabwe
Final Exit Zimbabwe
ASIA
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Japan Society for Dying with Dignity (JSDD)
<font size="3"><b>India</b></font>
The Society for the Right to Die with Dignity India (SRDD)
EUROPE (262)
Belgium (18)
Association pour le Droit de Mourir dans la Dignité (ADMD-B)
R.W.S. vzw (Recht op Waardig Sterven vzw) (1)
Ireland (2)
Living Wills Trust (LWT) (1)
Denmark (1)
En Værdig Død
Finland
EXITUS ry
France (16)
Association pour le Droit de Mourir dans la Dignité (ADMD-F) (2)
Germany (7)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Humanes Sterben eV (DGHS) (2)
Israel (5)
LILACH: The Israel Society for the Right to Live and Die with Dignity
Italy (3)
EXIT - Italia
Libera Uscita
Luxembourg (24)
Association pour le Droit de Mourir dans la Dignité (ADMD-L) (12)
Netherlands (76)
De Einder
NVVE , Right to Die - NL (18)
Norway
Forengingen Retten til en Verdig Dod
<i><font size="3"><b>Right to Die Europe, RtD-E</b></font></i> (7)
Right to Die Europe (6)
Scotland (4)
Friends at the End (FATE)
Spain (6)
Asociación Federal Derecho a Morir Dignamente (AFDMD)
Sweden (2)
Rätten Till en Värdig Död (RTVD)
Switzerland (13)
Dignitas (1)
EXIT Association pour le Droit de Mourir dans la Dignité (Suisse Romande)
EXIT-Deutsche Schweiz (1)
United Kingdom (55)
Dignity In Dying (1)
NORTH AMERICA (133)
Canada (18)
Association Québécoise pour le Droit de Mourir dans la Dignité (AQDMD) (3)
Dying with Dignity
Right to Die Society of Canada
United States (114)
Autonomy
Compassion & Choices (3)
Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO)
Final Exit Network (1)
Hemlock Society of Florida, Inc
Hemlock Society of San Diego
OCEANIA (77)
Australia (59)
Dying With Dignity Tasmania (Inc.)
Dying with Dignity NSW (2)
Dying With Dignity Victoria (18)
Northern Territory Voluntary Euthanasia Society
South Australian Voluntary Euthanasia Society (2)
Dying with Dignity Queensland
West Australia Voluntary Euthanasia Society
New Zealand (18)
Dignity NZ Trust
Voluntary Euthanasia Society of New Zealand
SOUTH AMERICA (5)
Colombia (5)
Fundacion Pro Derecho a Morir Dignamente (DMD Colombia) (1)
Venezuela
Derecho a Morir con Dignidad (DMD Venezuela)
Newsletter
World Federation of Right to Die Societies newsletter (2)
Questions and Answers
Does Effective Pain Control Eliminate the Need for Physician-Assisted Dying?
Doesn't Assisted Dying Violate Medical Tradition?
How Is Assisted Death Compatible With Principles of Biomedical Ethics?
How Might the Rights of Patients to an Assisted Death Be Ensured?
How Should Legal Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill be Implemented?
How should the patient's quality of life be considered?
How Would Disadvantaged and Medically Underserved Be Protected?
If CPR is deemed "futile," should a DNR order be written?
Introduction
Is an Assisted Death Rational?
Is Assisted Dying the Same as Suicide?
Is Assisted Suicide a Sin?
Is Assisting in a Suicide the Same as Killing?
Termination of Life-Sustaining Treatment
Then Won't This Lead to Suicide Centers?
What about "slow codes"?
What About Surrogate Decision Making?
What if CPR is not futile, but the patient wants a DNR order?
What if the family disagrees with the DNR order?
What if the patient is unable to say what his/her wishes are?
What is the Difference Between Assisted Dying and Euthanasia?
What's the Background on the Slippery Slope Argument?
When can CPR be withheld?
When is CPR "futile"?
When is CPR not of benefit?
When should CPR be administered?
Why Have Medical Groups Opposed Previous Legislation?
Will Legalization Result in a Duty By Physicians to Assist in a Death?
Would Legalized Aid in Dying Damage the Physician-Patient Relationship?
Would Legalized Aid in Dying Undermine Public Trust in Physicians?
Would Legalized Assisted Dying Be Better Than the Current Practice?
Wouldn't Legalized Assisted Dying Lead to Abuse?
Advanced Directives
Are advance directives legally binding?
Are there some questions that I could use for advance care planning?
As a trainee, should I do advance care planning with my patients?
How can I raise these issues without scaring patients?
How is advance care planning different from advance directives?
How should a physician interpret a patient's advance directive?
How should I advise a patient if he believes that some family members will disagree with his wishes?
How should I advise a patient if she doesn't have anyone to name as a proxy?
What are advance directives?
What are the goals and expected outcomes of advance care planning?
What are the limitations of living wills?
What if a patient changes his or her mind?
What if the family disagrees with a patient's living will?
What is Advance Care Planning?
What types of advance directives are currently available?
When and where should I initiate advance care planning?
When should a patient inform his or her physician about an advance directive?
When should a physician refer to a patient's advance directive?
Who should I approach for advance care planning?
Why are advance directives important to medical care?
Assisted Suicide
Is PAS illegal?
Is physician-assisted suicide ethical?
Is physician-assisted suicide the same as euthanasia?
What are the arguments against PAS?
What are the arguments in favor of PAS?
What do patients and the general public think of PAS?
What does the medical profession think of PAS?
What if the request persists?
What is Physician-assisted suicide (PAS)?
What should a physician do if a patient asks him or her for assistance in suicide?
DNR - Questions & Answers for Patients
How should quality of life be considered?
If CPR is deemed "futile," should a DNR order be written?
What about "slow codes"?
What if CPR is not futile, but you want a DNR order?
What if the family disagrees with the DNR order?
What if the patient is unable to say what his/her wishes are?
What is a "Do-Not-Resuscitate" (DNR) Order?
When can CPR be withheld?
When is CPR "futile"?
When is CPR not of benefit?
When should CPR be administered?
Medical Futility
Do different standards apply to withholding and withdrawing care?
Does depression or other history of mental illness mean a patient has impaired decision making capacity?
Does the patients have to be terminally ill to refuse treatment?
How do I know if the treatment is no longer "of benefit?"
Introduction
Is a psychiatry consult required to determine decision making capacity?
Is it justifiable to withhold or withdraw care because of costs?
Is it justifiable to withhold or withdraw food or fluids?
What are the ethical obligations of physicians when an intervention is clearly futile?
What if I'm not sure if the patient is competent?
What if the patient is not competent?
What if the patient or family requests an intervention that the health care team considers futile?
What is the difference between futility and rationing?
When is it justifiable to discontinue life-sustaining treatments?
Who decides when a particular treatment is futile?
Terms and Definitions
Advance Directives
Assisted Suicide
Choices when Dying 2003
Comfort Care
Decisional Capacity
DNR - Do Not Resuscitate Orders
Double Effect
Hospice
Informed Consent
Living will
Medical Futility
Palliative Care
Persistent Vegetative State
Physician Assisted Dying
Physician Assisted Suicide
Principles of Bioethics
Sanctity of Life
Slippery Slope
Suicide
Terminal Illness
Terminal Sedation
Termination of Treatment
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Ventilator
Withdrawing or Withholding Treatment
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