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CORRECTED-Vermont passes law allowing doctor-assisted suicide
Reuters(In May 20 story, corrects Edward Mahoney's affiliation to Vermont Alliance for Ethical Healthcare, not True Dignity Vermont) By Jason McLure May 20 (Reuters) - Vermont on Monday became the fourth U.S. state to end legal penalties for doctors who...Tags: Ethics, Laws, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Chemical Industry
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Vermont passes law allowing doctor-assisted suicide
Reuters(Reuters) - Vermont on Monday became the fourth U.S. state to end legal penalties for doctors who prescribe medication to terminally ill patients seeking to end their own lives. The law, which includes a number of safeguards over the next three years...Tags: Ethics, Laws, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Chemical Industry
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Vermont set to become third U.S. state to allow assisted suicide
ReutersBy Scott Malone BOSTON, May 14 (Reuters) - Vermont is poised to become the third U.S. state to allow doctor-assisted suicide, after its legislature passed a bill allowing physicians to prescribe lethal drugs to terminally ill patients. The bill passed...Tags: Euthanasia, Government, General Practitioners, Suicide, Peter Shumlin
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Vermont House OKs right-to-die bill; governor expected to sign it
Vermont is on track to become the fourth state to allow severely ill patients to end their lives under medical supervision. The state’s House of Representatives voted 75 to 65 on Monday night to approve the “Patient Choice at End of Life&...
Tags: Ethics, Vermont Legislature, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate, Executive Branch
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Paralysed British men fight right-to-die case in court
ReutersBy By Estelle Shirbon LONDON, May 13 (Reuters) - Two paralysed British men who want to die but cannot kill themselves went to court on Monday seeking protection from prosecution for those who could help them end their lives. The case is one of the...Tags: Euthanasia, Laws, Justice System, Judges, Parliament
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Doctors describe 'death with dignity' program for cancer patients
A majority of Americans support the idea of allowing terminally ill patients to end their lives with the help of their doctors. For instance, 55% of people questioned for the NPR-Truven Health Analytics Health Poll last year said they were in favor of...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, NPR, Chemical Industry, Hiccups, BBC
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Booth Gardner dies at 76; former Washington state governor
Booth Gardner, a two-term Democratic governor who later in life spearheaded a campaign that made Washington the second state in the nation to legalize assisted suicide for the terminally ill, has died after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He was...
Tags: Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Diseases and Illnesses, Executive Branch, Euthanasia
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End-of-life views are lopsided in support of the right to choose 'death with dignity'
There does not seem to be any middle ground on the issue of physician-assisted suicide. In fact, going by the reactions to Friday's column on that topic, there is no support for any ground other than that for the right of individuals to make end-of-life...
Tags: Nazareth, Multiple Sclerosis, Jack Kevorkian, Euthanasia, Cherryville
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Murder-suicide prevails over power structure denial of dignity
Savor the victory. The power structure conspired to perpetuate hell for Mildred and Elwood "Woody" Osman of Cherryville, but they prevailed. After 64 years of marriage, Woody took a .38-caliber revolver to the hospice room at Lehigh Valley Hospital in...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Abortion, Jack Kevorkian, Medical Specialization, Lehigh Valley Hospital
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Roanoke native pitches film project in western Virginia
ReporterAndrea Shreeman is an actress in California, but she grew up in Roanoke. Now she's hoping to make a movie here. We first met Shreeman last summer when she was making her pitch to potential investors. She's back in town now, redoubling her efforts to...Tags: Euthanasia, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Suicide, Movies, Cloris Leachman
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Suicide At Life's End Is A Slippery, Messy Slope
The Hartford CourantThere is little dignity in killing yourself with prescribed medication from a doctor. Contrary to the image of peacefully resting in a chair or bed, surrounded by loved ones, after ingesting drugs prescribed by a trusted physician, the reality of...Tags: Euthanasia, Mental Health, General Practitioners, Pharmaceuticals, Suicide
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Compassionate Care Better Option Than Suicide
The Hartford CourantA bill before the Connecticut General Assembly would legalize physician-assisted suicide. The legislature's debate about dying patients' rights should focus instead, or at least in addition, on their right to receive compassionate care. Assuming the...Tags: Euthanasia, Connecticut General Assembly, General Practitioners, West Hartford, Palliative Care
May 21, 2013
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May 14, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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Apr 11, 2013
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Mar 16, 2013
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Mar 26, 2013
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Mar 21, 2013
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Feb 27, 2013
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Jan 11, 2013
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Jan 18, 2013
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