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Euthanasia (from Greek: ευθανασία -'ευ "good", θανατος "death") is the practice of ending the life of an individual or an animal who is suffering from a terminal disease or a chronically painful condition in a painless or minimally painful way either by lethal injection, drug overdose, or by the withdrawal of medical support. Euthanasia is a controversial issue because of conflicting religious and humanist views.
Terminology
Euthanasia as a topic is often highly-charged—emotionally, politically, and morally. Terminology and laws shift over time, geographically and globally, causing a great deal of confusion.
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Then pharmacist or nurse-assisted suicide next? RT: @drwalker_rph Montana 3rd state to allow Dr-assisted suicide- http://ow.ly/SERI #medical
rxshane (Shane Lindsay) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:08:56 -0000
Then pharmacist or nurse-assisted suicide next? RT: @drwalker_rph Montana 3rd state to allow Dr-assisted suicide- http://ow.ly/SERI #medical
Montana High Court Allows Physician-Assisted Suicide: The Associated Press/NPR reports: "The Montana Supreme Court ... http://mnt.to/f/3vW8
friendlyseniors (Free Seniors) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:42:11 -0000
Montana High Court Allows Physician-Assisted Suicide: The Associated Press/NPR reports: "The Montana Supreme Court ... http://mnt.to/f/3vW8
Montana High Court Allows Physician-Assisted Suicide: Main Category: Seniors / Aging Also Included In: Primary Care... http://bit.ly/6OFQaY
WATC (Western ATC) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:45:22 -0000
Montana High Court Allows Physician-Assisted Suicide: Main Category: Seniors / Aging Also Included In: Primary Care... http://bit.ly/6OFQaY
RT @EllenRichter: Powerful issue affecting end-of-life choices ~Montana Becomes Third State to Allow Doctor-Assisted Suicide http://i.cx/12e
ccziv (Catharine Zivkovic) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:01:21 -0000
RT @EllenRichter: Powerful issue affecting end-of-life choices ~Montana Becomes Third State to Allow Doctor-Assisted Suicide http://i.cx/12e
Montana Supreme Court Legalizes Doctor-Assisted Suicide: By Peter J. SmithHELENA, Montana, January 5, 2010 (LifeSit... http://bit.ly/8KJGge
LifeSite (LifeSiteNews.Com) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:54:47 -0000
Montana Supreme Court Legalizes Doctor-Assisted Suicide: By Peter J. SmithHELENA, Montana, January 5, 2010 (LifeSit... http://bit.ly/8KJGge
RT @EllenRichter: Powerful issue affecting end-of-life choices ~Montana Becomes Third State to Allow Doctor-Assisted Suicide http://i.cx/12e
nursingpins (Vernon Dutton, R.N.) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:48:26 -0000
RT @EllenRichter: Powerful issue affecting end-of-life choices ~Montana Becomes Third State to Allow Doctor-Assisted Suicide http://i.cx/12e
Assisted Suicide: The Philosophers' Brief - Legal arguments for the legalization of physician assisted suicide from the 1997 Supreme Court amicus brief by six philosophers.
Meta Description: [ An article by Judith Jarvis Thomson from The New York Review of Books, March 27, 1997 ]
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, and a petition to sign to demonstrate opposition to Ashcroft's actions.
Meta Description: [ Oregon death with dignity - respect the will of the people. Death with dignity became an end-of-life care option in 1994 with the popular passage of the Oregon law. ]
I Want to Die - Personal story of a quadriplegic who seeks assisted suicide.
Meta Description: [ I want to die, Suicide in So Many Ways, please join us on a journey of suicide with funky gory graphics to entertain, euthanasia, suicide, suicide methods, assisted suicide, right to die, Kevorkian, Humphry, aid-in-dying, I want to die, kill me, kill, die, self-annihilation, self-destruction, fel... ]
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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.
Oregon not deluged with assisted suicides - An editorial about the successful implementation of Oregon assisted dying law.
Meta Description: [ Hawaii's Newspaper Online, Hawaii news and information from the state's largest daily newspaper. ]
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.
Meta Description: [ State of Oregon: Physician-Assisted Suicide / Oregon's Death with Dignity Act ]
Pro-Life Blogs - Directory and post aggregator of web logs supporting and promoting sanctrity of life issues in all aspects. Also includes original material.
Meta Description: [ Pro-life blogs aims to raise awareness and support for the pre-born and the sanctity of human life by communicating pro-life news and materials and by enabling a community of pro-life bloggers to promote their sites and interact with one another. Prolife blogs provides a link database, a blogrol... ]
quot; - 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.
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.
Meta Description: [ They're called suicide tourists because they come to Switzerland to do one thing: commit suicide. Correspondent Lara Logan reports on one ailing man's decision to end his life. ]
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University of Washington School of Medicine: Ethics in Medicine - This site presents a comprehensive sets of QAs about physician assisted dying, and two cases for consideration.
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