Directory of Euthanasia Resources

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"Euthanasia" is often used to refer to all of the forms of hastened death: *Physician assisted dying - a physician provides a competent, terminally ill patient with a prescription for a lethal dose of medication *Mercy killing - an individual, usually a close relative or friend, ends the life of another who is suffering *"Self deliverance" - a terminally ill individual ends his or her own life without the prescription of a lethal dose of medication *Voluntary euthanasia - a physician responds to a terminally ill patient's request for a hasten death by ADMINISTERING a lethal dose of medication to the patient *Involuntary euthanasia - a physician administers a lethal dose of medication to a patient, without an explicit request from the patient *Passive euthanasia - a patient's death is hastened by the removal or withholding of treatments or life support *Active euthanasia - a patient's death is hastened by treatments given or administered to the patient

Subcategories

• Anti-Euthanasia
• Assisted Suicide
• Legislation
• Polling
• Pro-Euthanasia

Resources in This Category

• Assisted Suicide: The Philosophers' Brief

  http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1997/03/27/assisted-suicide-the-philosophers-brief/
  Legal arguments for the legalization of physician assisted suicide from the 1997 Supreme Court amicus brief by six philosophers.

• BBC News - Euthanasia Special Report

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/health/euthanasia/basics.stm
  Guide to end-of-life choice includes basic concepts, international laws, for and against perspectives, case studies, and news articles and audio.

• Cornell University: Euthanasia: The Pleasures of Dying

  http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=nwng;cc=nwng;rgn=full+text;idno=nwng0055-3;didno=nwng0055-3;view=image;seq=245;node=nwng0055-3:3;page=root;size=50
  An 1891 journal article by E. P. Buffet, M. D., asserting that death is painless and not to be feared.

• Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide - All sides

  http://www.religioustolerance.org/euthanas.htm
  A thorough site with varying perspectives on the right to die, public opinion polls, and religious beliefs about hastened dying.

• ProCon.org: Should Euthanasia or Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legal?

  http://euthanasia.procon.org/
  Arguments for and against. Includes a timeline and polls.

• San Francisco Chronicle - "Court hears suicide-law case; Appellate judges grill federal lawyer over strategy in Oregon"

  http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Court-hears-suicide-law-case-Appellate-judges-2649848.php
  The U.S. Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments in Oregon v. Ashcroft, the case contesting the Attorney General's attempted nullification of Oregon's physician assisted dying law.

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Voluntary Euthanasia

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/euthanasia-voluntary/
  A comprehensive entry with background information on the issue.

• The Ethical Debate

  http://www.health.ny.gov/regulations/task_force/reports_publications/when_death_is_sought/chap5.htm
  Chapter 5 from "When Death is Sought - Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the Medical Context". A comprehensive historical and philosophical survey.

• The Sydney Morning Herald - Euthanasia Debate

  http://www.smh.com.au/specials/euthanasia/
  Articles about end-of-life choice campaigns and individuals who have hastened their deaths.

• When Death is Sought

  http://www.health.ny.gov/regulations/task_force/reports_publications/when_death_is_sought/index.htm
  Includes the epidemiology of suicide, law, ethical debate, public policy, and caring for the severely ill. From the New York State Department of Health

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