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FEW USE IT, BUT SUICIDE LAW STILL HAS IMPACT
Aug 20, 1970
Oregon's Death With Dignity Act influences end-of-life care across the state as doctors wrestle with prescribing pain treatment.
Euthanasia decriminalized under tight rules
Aug 20, 1970
The Belgian law on euthanasia came into force on 23 September 2002. To avoid misunderstandings or misinterpretations (I have read everything and its contrary about this law since the last months), it seems important to stress its main elements:
Court to Decide Coma Victim's Fate
Aug 20, 1970
The parents of a woman who has been in a coma since 1990 asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to stop her husband fromhaving her feeding tube removed.
Are Living Wills Followed?
Aug 20, 1970
Having an advance directive is no guarantee that end-of-life wishes will be honored. A 1995 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded study of 4,300 critically ill patients found that only 49 percent who requested do not resuscitate (DNR) orders actually got them; 70 percent of those patients were never asked their preferences. There have been many cases in which individuals who have taken all the right steps have been deprived of seeing their loved ones' wishes carried out because of physician, family, or institutional resistance.
Trial Set For Euthanasia Campaigner
Aug 20, 1970
New Zealand euthanasia campaigner Lesley Martin will be tried in March 2004 for the attempted murder of her mother.
Between now and the two-week trial, police will monitor Ms Martin’s web site to make sure she does not breach her bail conditions.
Ms Martin is prohibited from speaking about her own case, but can speak about other cases.
She says she is currently gathering signatures for an open letter to Parliament.
Right-to-die arrest: Daughter charged
Aug 20, 1970
Battlelines are being drawn over the right to die after a Wanganui woman was charged with attempted murder on the day legislation forcing a conscience vote on euthanasia was introduced to Parliament.
Dutch Parliament Approves Euthanasia Bill
Aug 20, 1970
Newsletter of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies
Aug 20, 1970
April 2004 issue of the newsletter of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies (no 45).
Crisis Site
Aug 20, 1970
From the About.com Depression guide. If you are considering suicide, go here now.