U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Physician Assisted Suicide Cases
Historical Account of how courts have ruled in euthanasia cases.
Historical Account of how courts have ruled in euthanasia cases.
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.
From the VESS Euthanasia.org site from Scotland. The page lists polls that suggest widespread support of euthanasia issues.
American College for Physicians offers facts on legal and medical consequences of physician-assisted suicide.
From the Choice in Dying Website, a booklet available that helps to explain the basis behind some of the laws regarding physician-assisted suicide.
The Internet’s Encyclopedia of Philosophy’s definition of Euthanasia
Written by the Detroit Free Press a chronological study of Jack Kevorkian and issues surrounding his work.
An American Family Physician Special Medical Report.
International laws and history of assisted suicide. Includes Australia, Japan, Cambodia and Scotland.
Collection of articles on end of life issues
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.