May 22, 2013, CBSNews.com article about an experimental asthma drug that has had success treating previously untreatable patients.

June 9, 2013, Las Vegas Review-Journal article about Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang who has brought several experimental drugs to Las Vegas.

May 31, 2013, WebMD article about new experimental drugs that are proving successful against prostate cancer.

June 6, 2013, The New York Times article about an experimental autism drug that had success in clinical trials but is now being discontinued.

The World Federation of Right to Die Societies links to dozens of right-to-die organizations throughout the world and provides information on the latest developments on the issue.

Dr. J. Cameron Muir is president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, which issued a position statement on Feb. 14, 2007, on “physician-assisted death.”

The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care in Houston maintains a searchable directory of organizations that concern themselves with hospice and palliative care. Programs can be searched by state.

Kenneth L. Vaux is a professor of theological ethics at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary of Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. He has written about theology and medicine and is the co-author of Dying Well (Abingdon Press, 1996).

The Rev. John J. Paris is a Jesuit priest who teaches in the theology department of Boston College. He has been a consultant to the President’s Commission for the Study of Ethics in Medicine and the United States Senate Committee on Aging and presented to Gregorian University in Rome on Catholic approaches to end-of-life care.