“State-by-State Guide to Physician-Assisted Suicide”
The nonprofit ProCon.org posts a state-by-state guide to laws about physician-assisted suicide.
Category: Society & culture
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.
“In Montana, New Controversy Over Physician-Assisted Suicide”
Read an April 15, 2013, New York Times blog post about new controversy over physician-assisted suicide in Montana, and about one doctor’s decision to speak publicly in defense of such assistance.
“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.
“Cancer center goes public with assisted-suicide protocol”
Read an April 22, 2013, American Medical News article about a Seattle cancer center publishing its protocols for physician-assisted suicide, with the center noting that the information could be “particularly instructive” for others. American Medical News, which is published by the American Medical Association, describes the report as first-of-its-kind.
Stephen McLeod
Stephen McLeod is a professor of philosophy at the University of Liverpool. His interests include logic, philosophy of language, ethics, history of modern philosophy and metaphysics. He is a member of the Humanist Philosophers Group.