News / Opinion / OpEds Aid in living, not dying Annapolis, MD3/11/15At the Miller Senate Building, O. J. Brigance, a former Ravens football player who has ALS, a neurodegenerative disease, waits to testify against a bill to legalize physicianassisted suicide. Seated next to him is a supporter of the bill, Catherine Weber with Maryland Action Team for Compassion & Choices. Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun#9354. [...] ...
“We are not given the resources to investigate [assisted-suicide cases] and not only do we not have the resources to do it, but we do not have any legal authority to insert ourselves.”1 Dr. Katrina Hedberg, Oregon Department of Human Services Some Oregon and Washington State Assisted Suicide Abuses and Complications Under Oregon and Washington State’s lax oversight, these are some of the documented abuses and complications that have come to light. This list includes abuses [...] ...
“We are not given the resources to investigate [assisted-suicide cases] and not only do we not have the resources to do it, but we do not have any legal authority to insert ourselves.”1 Dr. Katrina Hedberg, Oregon Department of Human Services Some Oregon and Washington State Assisted Suicide Abuses and Complications Under Oregon and Washington State’s lax oversight, these are some of the documented abuses and complications that have come to light. This list includes abuses [...] ...
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund Main Office: 3075 Adeline Street, Suite 210 • Berkeley, CA 94703 • 510.644.2555 • fax 510.841.8645 • www.dredf.org Government Affairs: Washington D.C. • 800.348.4232 September 22, 2021 Via Email leg.unit@gov.ca.gov The Honorable Gavin Newsom Governor of the State of California State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: VETO Urged – SB 380 Dear Governor Newson: Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund urges your VETO on Senate Bill [...] ...
When Death is Sought Assisted Suicide in the Medical Context From The New York State Task Force on Life and the Law The Risks of Legalization We continue to believe that the profound dangers associated with legalizing Physician-Assisted Suicide (PAS) outweigh any benefits such a change in law might achieve in isolated cases. Undiagnosed or untreated mental illness. Many individuals who contemplate suicide, including the terminally ill, suffer from treatable mental disorders, most commonly [...] ...
JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE Volume 7, Number 3, 2004 © Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Increased Family Reports of Pain or Distress in Dying Oregonians: 1996 to 2002 ERIK K. FROMME, M.D.,1 VIRGINIA P. TILDEN, D.N.Sc., R.N.,2* LINDA L. DRACH, M.P.H.,2** and SUSAN W. TOLLE, M.D.3 ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of family-reported pain or distress dur- ing the last week of decedents’ lives during two times: November 1996 to December 1997 and June 2000 to March 2002. [...] ...