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Information: "Assisted suicide" or "physician assisted suicide" generally refer to the process by which a mentally competent, terminally ill individual uses a lethal dose of medication, prescribed by a physician, to hasten his or her death. It is legal in the Netherl
Assisted Suicide Assisted Suicide: The Euthanasia Research and Guidance Organization summarizes assisted dying laws around the world. (Assisted Suicide) http://assistedsuicide.org
Honolulu Advertiser - "Oregon not deluged with assisted suicides" Honolulu Advertiser - "Oregon not deluged with assisted suicides": An editorial about the successful implementation of Oregon assisted dying law. (Assisted Suicide) http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Mar/10/op/op02a.html
CBS News, 60 Minutes II - "Switzerland's Suicide Tourists" CBS News, 60 Minutes II - "Switzerland's Suicide Tourists": A transcript of a television program about Dignitas, a Swiss organization that helps terminally ill individuals from around the world hasten their deaths. (Assisted Suicide) http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/12/60II/main540332.shtml
Back Off John! Back Off John!: A site by Oregon Death with Dignity, which supports end-of-life choice, that presents arguments against U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's interference in Oregon physician assisted dying law. The site also provides information about the Oregon law, an (Assisted Suicide) http://www.backoffjohn.com
Oregon Public Health Services: Oregon's Death with Dignity Act Oregon Public Health Services: Oregon's Death with Dignity Act: Information and annual reports on the implementation of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, which legalized physician assisted dying for competent, terminally ill adults. (Assisted Suicide) http://www.dhs.state.or.us/publichealth/chs/pas/pas.cfm
University of Washington School of Medicine: Ethics in Medicine University of Washington School of Medicine: Ethics in Medicine: This site presents a comprehensive sets of Q&As about physician assisted dying, and two cases for consideration. (Assisted Suicide) http://eduserv.hscer.washington.edu/bioethics/topics/pas.html
Des Moines Register - "The Oregon Option" Des Moines Register - "The Oregon Option": The suicide of a famous Iowan prompts the editors of the Register to support assisted dying. (Assisted Suicide) http://www.dwd.org/fss/news/dmr.08.31.02.asp
Assisted Suicide: The Philosophers' Brief Assisted Suicide: The Philosophers' Brief: Legal arguments for the legalization of physician assisted suicide from the 1997 Supreme Court amicus brief by six philosophers. (Assisted Suicide) http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1237
San Francisco Chronicle - "Court hears suicide-law case; Appellate judges grill federal lawyer over strategy in Oregon" San Francisco Chronicle - "Court hears suicide-law case; Appellate judges grill federal lawyer over strategy in Oregon": The U.S. Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments in Oregon v. Ashcroft, the case contesting the Attorney General's attempted nullification of Oregon's physician assisted dying law. (Assisted Suicide) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/05/08/MN232980.DTL
Longwood University's Guide to Web Sites and Literature on Doctor-Assisted Suicide Longwood University's Guide to Web Sites and Literature on Doctor-Assisted Suicide: A comprehensive listing of physician assisted dying resources from a variety of perspectives. (Assisted Suicide) http://web.longwood.edu/administrative/library/suic.htm
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Information: "Assisted suicide" or "physician assisted suicide" generally refer to the process by which a mentally competent, terminally ill individual uses a lethal dose of medication, prescribed by a physician, to hasten his or her death. It is legal in the Netherl
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