U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Physician Assisted Suicide Cases
Historical Account of how courts have ruled in euthanasia cases.
August 20, 1970
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Suicide Ideation in the Terminally Ill
From the Griefwork website, an article by Barbara Rubel on the findings of the Oregon Health Division on how suffering influences the request for euthanasia.
August 20, 1970
Statistics of Euthanasia Supporters
From the VESS Euthanasia.org site from Scotland. The page lists polls that suggest widespread support of euthanasia issues.
August 20, 1970
Practical Issues in Physician-Assisted Suicide
American College for Physicians offers facts on legal and medical consequences of physician-assisted suicide.
August 20, 1970
Physician-Assisted Suicide Debate
From the Choice in Dying Website, a booklet available that helps to explain the basis behind some of the laws regarding physician-assisted suicide.
August 20, 1970
The Philosophy of Euthanasia
The Internet’s Encyclopedia of Philosophy’s definition of Euthanasia
August 20, 1970
Kevorkian Controversy
Written by the Detroit Free Press a chronological study of Jack Kevorkian and issues surrounding his work.
August 20, 1970
Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: A Family Practice Perspective
An American Family Physician Special Medical Report.
August 20, 1970
Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: All Sides of the Issue
International laws and history of assisted suicide. Includes Australia, Japan, Cambodia and Scotland.
August 20, 1970
British Medical Journal
Collection of articles on end of life issues
August 20, 1970
British Medical Association — Physician Assisted Suicide Conference Project
The web site of the BMA’s Physician Assisted Suicide Conference Project was intended to help to set the agenda for a consensus conference. Among other materials, the siteincludes definitions of terminology, and text of some BMA publications and papers on these and other end of life issues.
August 20, 1970