“Aging & Health A to Z: End of Life Care”
Read about legal and ethical issues in dying, posted by the American Geriatrics Society Foundation for Health in Aging.
Category: Government & politics
“State-by-State Guide to Physician-Assisted Suicide”
The nonprofit ProCon.org posts a state-by-state guide to laws about physician-assisted suicide.
Times Topics: Assisted Suicide
The New York Times tracks the subject of assisted suicide with a Times Topics page.
“Doctor-assisted suicide: Annual report raises more questions than answers”
Read a Feb. 11, 2011, column by physician Kenneth R. Stevens questioning Oregon’s 2010 annual report about usage of its assisted-suicide law. The op-ed was published by The Oregonian.
“Assisted Suicide Advocate Uses Law To End His Life”
Read a March 12, 2012, NPR story about one of the early advocates for assisted suicide in Oregon using the law to end his own life.
“Kansas among states debating assisted-suicide”
Read a Feb. 9, 2013, Associated Press story about legalization proposals in Kansas and a number of other states.
“Getting the Freedom to Die”
Read an April 16, 2013, Huffington Post column by Roy Speckhardt, executive director of the American Humanist Association, on the need for regulated assisted suicide.
“Maine House of Representatives Overwhelmingly Rejects Assisted Suicide Bill”
Read a June 4, 2013, Christian News Network story about Maine’s House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejecting a bill that would legalize physician-assisted suicide.
“For Belgium’s Tormented Souls, Euthanasia-Made-Easy Beckons”
Read a June 14, 2013, Wall Street Journal story about proposed changes to Belgium’s euthanasia law to make it more widely available, potentially even to gravely ill teenagers.