Oncology Statement on AB 374 (Berg)
Position Statement on Physician-Assisted Suicide and Opposition to AB 374 Association of Northern California Oncologists & Medical Oncology Association of Southern California April 16, 2007 The Association of Northern California Oncologists and the Medical Oncology Association of Southern California, which together represent nearly 600 oncologists in both community practice and academic medicine, oppose the legalization of physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and urge Assembly Members to vote NO on [...] ...
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Older Womens League, OWL SF 1-5-15 Presentation to Older Womens League (OWL), San Francisco Marilyn Golden Senior Policy Analyst, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund Thank you. Let me start with two key points: 1. If you only consider the wishes of a single individual, assisted suicide laws looks OK – but we must look broadly across society; at all the people who stand to be harmed. And there are many! More on this shortly. 2. If assisted suicide is legal, some people’s lives will [...] ...
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Assisted Suicide and Disability – 4/19/09 9:14 PM Member Login Home | JOIN | CLE | Lawyers | Education | Public | Store | Events | About | Contact Search: Web Site Go Advanced Search Topics A-Z Print Human Rights Assisted Suicide and Disability 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. [...] ...
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aste a es bada Lawmakers rush to reintroduce End of Life Options Act,Lawmakers rush to reintroduce E but haste makes bad policypo cy By: Laura Petrillo, MD (@lpetrillz) !”#$#%&!'()!’*(+ The End of Life Options Act, which would legalize physician-assisted suicide, was stalled in the California legislature earlier this summer and seemingly shelved until next year. But in a surprise move, lawmakers introduced a new bill with the same purpose on Tuesday, during a [...] ...
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aste a es bada Lawmakers rush to reintroduce End of Life Options Act,Lawmakers rush to reintroduce E but haste makes bad policypo cy By: Laura Petrillo, MD (@lpetrillz) August 21, 2015 The End of Life Options Act, which would legalize physician-assisted suicide, was stalled in the California legislature earlier this summer and seemingly shelved until next year. But in a surprise move, lawmakers introduced a new bill with the same purpose on Tuesday, during a special session on [...] ...
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Assisted suicide: Is it simply death over disability? | UTSanDiego.com Mobile 12/31/14 3:07 PM COMMENTARY (/NEWS/OPINION/COMMENTARY/) Assisted suicide: Is it simply death over disability? Ken Barnes 05:00p.m. Nov 22, 2014 When Brittany Maynard was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, the 29-year-old Californian chose to move to Oregon where she could legally choose to end her life on her own terms. Her story ignited the debate over assisted dying for terminally ill patients. Below, [...] ...
