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New Bill presented to the British House of Lords
Aug 20, 1970
January 15th 2004, a new Assisted Dying Bill was introduced to the British House of Lords by Lord Joffe, a retired human rights lawyer, and a member of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society of England and Wales.
Undertreating Pain Can Amount to Elder Abuse
Aug 20, 1970
In the first case to assert that failure to treat pain adequately is a form of elder abuse, an Alameda County, Calif., court ruling allows the case to proceed to trial.
American Medical Association Policy on Euthanasia
Aug 20, 1970
American Medical Association Policies: Euthanasia
Euthanasia is the administration of a lethal agent by another person to a patient for the purpose of relieving the patients intolerable and incurable suffering.
Statistics of Euthanasia Supporters
Aug 20, 1970
From the VESS Euthanasia.org site from Scotland. The page lists polls that suggest widespread support of euthanasia issues.
Top California court rules in 'right to die' case
Aug 20, 1970
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 09 (Reuters) - Ruling in a closely watched "right to die" case, California's top court said on Thursday that family members have no right to stop life support for conscious patients who are not terminally ill.
The California Supreme Court's unanimous decision came several weeks after the death of the man at the center of the case, 49-year-old Robert Wendland, who died of natural causes on July 17 while still attached to life support.
"What is a good death?" (British Medical Journal)
Aug 20, 1970
Volume 327, Number 7408 of the British Medical Journal (26 July 2003) provided a series of articles exploring the question, “What is a good death?” One article examines the effects of euthanasia on
ABSENCE OF URGENCY: A DEADLY PROBLEM WHEN STROKES OCCUR
Aug 20, 1970
NEW YORK TIMES Health Section
By Laurie Tarkin, Jenny Warburg for The New York Times
Of the estimated 730,000 Americans who have strokes each year, nearly 160,000 die and another 400,000 suffer varying degrees of disability. Yet, when stroke patients arrive at emergency rooms, medical experts say, they are not usually treated with the urgency required.
The less-than-rapid response, in some cases, can make the difference between full recovery and permanent debilitating disease or death.
PM for mercy killings
Aug 20, 1970
Prime Minister Helen Clark has come out in support of voluntary euthanasia as mercy killing comes back on to the political agenda.
89-year-old man will be charged with murdering wife
Aug 20, 1970
An 89-year-old man will be charged with murder after telling police he smothered his 85-year-old wife in her nursing home bed last week to end her pain, authorities said Monday.
Attitudes of Oregon Psychologists Toward Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Oregon Death With Dignity Act.
Aug 20, 1970
Fenn and Ganzini, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, June 1999.