assistedsuicide.org - Assisted Suicide - Information on right-to-die and euthanasia laws and history

Description: assistedsuicide.org - website of Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO) and Derek Humphry, Hemlock Society founder and Final Exit author. Assisted-Suicide Blog. Essays on physician assisted suicide, right to die and euthanasia law, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, Hemlock Society, Dignitas, Oregon Death with Dignity act, glossary of terms used in death and dying. Final Exit PDF eBook, Final Exit on DVD Video, and Final Exit Addendum Supplement. Euthanasia World Directory. Information resource on world suicid

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Controversy in Oregon about the best term to describe how a doctor helps a terminally ill person to die under the Oregon Death With Dignity Act (1994) set me thinking about all the terms we use to describe ways of dying and death. The row in Oregon is between people on the ‘choice’ side who abhor words like suicide, euthanasia, and Hemlock, while on the ‘anti-choice’ side they want the foregoing words to be clearly spelled out because, they think, it helps their opposing case.    Read more ...

In a spirit of compassion for all, this manifesto proclaims that every competent adult has the incontestable right to humankind’s ultimate civil and personal liberty -- the right to die in a manner and at a time of their own choosing. Whereas modern medicine has brought great benefits to humanity, it cannot entirely solve the pain and distress of the dying process.    Read more ...

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