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Another Perspective By Diane Coleman “I don’t want to live like this one more day,” she said firmly. “I’ve had enough.” She had been forced, at 26, to leave her masters program. Her car had been repossessed. Following a miscarriage, her marriage had broken up. Her brother had drowned. And now her mother had been diagnosed with cancer. One night, she turned up in a hospital, moaning that she just wanted to die. She was a competent adult, and her reasons for living were gone, so the [...] ...

From: California Foundation for Independent Living Centers (CFILC) August 5, 2008 Honorable Patty Berg State Capitol, Room 4146 Sacramento, CA 95814 Re: Assembly Bill 2747—End-of-Life Options CFILC Position: Oppose Dear Assembly Member Berg: I am writing to alert you that the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers (CFILC) has reviewed the amendments that were passed by the Senate Health and Judiciary Committees, respectfully, as well as several of the amendments that were most recently offered by CFILC and other opponents to the bill. I regret to inform [...] ...

Silvia Yee Introduction In many ways, this collection of papers on the burgeoning field of national, regional and international instruments directed towards the redress of disability discrimination is really about the existence of disability prejudice. Most of the papers focus on practical or theoretical issues raised by the laws themselves, or the jurisprudential, social and political choices that shape the drafting and enactment of laws. Nonetheless, every paper is built on the conviction that disability [...] ...

...patients who have died in Oregon received prescription from “Compassion in Dying” physicians.[4] Median duration of professional relationship before death is 13 weeks (1/4 < 1 month).[5] “The law only allows patient-administered lethal drug … no lethal injection …no assistance.” Dr. Peter Rasmussen (oncologist) says he emptied capsules and stirred drug into pudding for Wanda McMaster (with ALS);[6] he also prepared the mixture for Barbara Houck (also with ALS) and one of her sons spooned it into her mouth as another gave her water to wash it down.[7] [Why is an oncologist “treating” neurology patients?] Barbiturates used have onset of action 10-15 min., duration of action 4 hours, but several deaths reported < 5 minutes or > 12 hours after ingestion.[8] What did they die from? At an international PAS euthanasia conference in Toronto, volunteers with the Client Support Program...

It gives seriously ill people options, but are there enough safeguards? See original Los Angeles Times October 19, 2008 By Ben Mattlin At the end of last month, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed AB 2747, the Terminal Patients’ Right to Know End-of-Life Options Act, into law. Supporters hailed it as a victory for Californians in their final days because it requires full disclosure of all options available to terminally ill patients, including euthanasia. Opponents, however, said they worried that the new law would push vulnerable, possibly depressed and uninformed [...] ...