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Verbal Battles over Euthanasia.
Aug 20, 1970
From the religious tolerance.org site about moral and ethical issues related to physician-assisted suicide.
One year of enforcement of the law
Aug 20, 1970
One year of enforcement of the law, by Jacqueline Herremans
AIDS sufferer loses first part of legal battle to kill self with doctor's aid
Aug 20, 1970
An AIDS sufferer lost the first round of a provincial legal battle Wednesday in his bid to kill himself with a doctor's help.
Dutch poised to legalize euthanasia
Aug 20, 1970
Anguished debate: Dutch poised to legalize euthanasia
British Nurses back Euthanasia Law
Aug 20, 1970
A third of nurses believe they should be lawfully allowed to help patients to commit suicide, a survey has found.
The "good death", an ideal within our grasp
Aug 20, 1970
Death represents the only certitude we have in life. Our hour will inevitably come and each person must ask himself how he wishes to die. Doctors, like everyone else, are vulnerable beings and they are subjective and emotive, and have personal ethics based on religious beliefs and philosophies. We identify with each other and are faced with our own death and the questions: when will it occur and how?
We know very well that there is no age for dying and that death can knock on our door at any moment and under the most unexpected circumstances.
RIGHT-TO-DIE CASE GETS MIXED VERDICT
Aug 20, 1970
A woman whose husband and parents are battling over whether to let her die will be kept alive pending another hearing, a Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday.
Advance directives provide comfort, not necessarily goal
Aug 20, 1970
Research says instructional directives may have psychological benefits, but a new study also found they don't improve the accuracy of surrogate decision-making.AMERICAN MEDICAL NEWS, Professional I
A plea for the hopelessly ill
Aug 20, 1970
Most proposals for law reform to allow voluntary euthanasia focus on the dying. This is perhaps due to a perception that it will be easier to succeed with law reform if it is limited to the terminally ill.
Euthanasia woman's arrest a shock - campaigner
Aug 20, 1970
If the Death with Dignity Bill before Parliament makes voluntary euthanasia legal, Wanganui woman Lesley Martin should take most of the credit, Philip Nitschke says.