|
Home >> Society >> Issues >> End-of-Life >> Euthanasia >> 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. 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. Ayn Rand Institute: Thomas Bowden - "Assisted Suicide: A Moral Right" Bowden argues that assisted dying is an American right. Des Moines Register - "The Oregon Option" The suicide of a famous Iowan prompts the editors of the Register to support assisted dying. Assisted Suicide: The Philosophers' Brief Legal arguments for the legalization of physician assisted suicide from the 1997 Supreme Court amicus brief by six philosophers. 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. 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. 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. Honolulu Advertiser - "Oregon not deluged with assisted suicides" An editorial about the successful implementation of Oregon assisted dying law. 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. |
|
© 2005 GeneralAnswers.org