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"right-to-die" assisted suicide in Oregon, cases, euthanasia practices in the Netherlands, disability
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Assisted suicide advocacy groups and the campaign spokesperson have contributed more than half of the $1,076,233 that the "Yes on I 1000" campaign committee reported receiving through 4/30/08. I-1000 is a proposed Washington state ballot initiative that is virtually identical to Oregon's assisted-suicide law. West Virginia minister, George Exoo acknowledges assisting the deaths of more than 100 people, most of whom were not terminally ill, but were depressed and in need of psychiatric help. Why hasn't Oregon expanded its assisted-suicide law yet? Herbert Hendin, M.D. and Kathleen Foley, M.D. (Michigan Law Review, Vol. 106; 8, June 2008). While previous articles have examined assisted suicide from legal and ethical perspectives, this article examines the Oregon law from a medical perspective. The authors found that seemingly reasonable safeguards which were written into the Oregon law for the care and protection of terminally ill patients, do not appear to have achieved their purpose. "Euthanasia: False Light" View the ITF's compelling 15-minute video, the winner of two prestigious national Telly Awards. Narrated by actor, Joseph Campanella, the video looks at euthanasia and assisted suicide through the eyes of five people -- three patients, a doctor, and a hospice nurse, all of whom speak from their hearts, not from a script.
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legislative measures to legalize assisted-suicide.
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