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Right to Die
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) 
 This Web site presents an overview of the ethical and legal questions regarding assisted suicide, largely as a proponent but presenting pro and con arguments. Gives background information regarding right-to-die ballot measures, court judgments, and public opinion. Links to other websites, both for and against euthanasia, are provided. From Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance. Note: some intrusive commercial content. http://www.religioustolerance.org/euthanas.htm Topics: Death & Dying, Social Issues Last updated Jun 8, 2005 Euthanasia and the Right to Die
Legal, medical, and ethical issues involved in palliative care, assisted suicide, and euthanasia. http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/dtheuth.html Topics: Death & Dying, Ethics, Social Issues Last updated Aug 19, 2004 Florida Case Puts Focus on End-of-Life Decisions
Online companion to October 2003 "All Things Considered" radio program exploring the "legal battle over the care of Florida's Terri Schiavo," and how his story "has focused the nation on the rights of severely injured patients — and the plight of family members who often must decide when to end life support." Includes audio of the program, and the process of setting up a living will; and related links. From National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1478797 Topics: Death & Dying Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Guardian UK: Assisted Suicide
News, background, and commentary about assisted suicide in the U.K. Provides coverage of the television screening of an assisted suicide (in December 2008), a FAQ on assisted suicide law in the U.K. and other countries, blog postings, and related material. From the Guardian UK. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/assisted-suicide Topics: Death & Dying Last updated Dec 15, 2008 International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
"Addressing the issues of euthanasia, assisted suicide, advance directives, assisted suicide proposals, 'right-to-die' cases, euthanasia practices in the Netherlands, disability rights, pain control and much, much more. ... The goal of the International Task Force is to make certain that a patient's right to receive care and compassion is not replaced by a doctor's right to prescribe poison or administer a lethal injection." http://www.internationaltaskforce.org Topics: Death & Dying, Social Issues Last updated Sep 3, 2005 MedlinePlus: End of Life Issues
Includes information on coping, advanced care planning, feeding tubes and ventilators, health care choices, palliative care, finances, funeral arrangements, and "What To Do Before and After the Moment of Death." Some material in Spanish. From the National Library of Medicine (NLM). http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/endoflifeissues.html Topics: Death & Dying, Long-term Care Last updated May 15, 2005 Schiavo Case Resources
This site collects policy and legal materials related to Terri Schiavo, a Florida woman who was the focus of an ongoing end-of-life legal case. She had been in a persistent vegetative state since 1990 and, after the feeding tube was removed, died March 31, 2005. Features a timeline, a selected bibliography, Web links, and streaming video of conference presentations. From the University of Miami Ethics Programs. http://www6.miami.edu/ethics/schiavo/schiavo.html Topics: Death & Dying, The Human Body Last updated Feb 21, 2009 |
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