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Push for the Right to Die Grows in the Netherlands

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Loretta

Push for the Right to Die Grows in the Netherlands
by Dave Jolly
AMSTERDAM — It was 1989, and Dr. Petra de Jong, a Dutch pulmonologist, was asked for help by a terminally ill patient, a man in great pain …

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UK Assisted dying: we need a more humane law

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Loretta

This article was taken from The Guardian. It can be found here:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/05/assisted-dying-humane-law.

The law on assisted suicide is incoherent for both those with a terminal illness and their loved ones

The Commission on Assisted Dying, which I chair, …

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Register for our annual meeting, January 26, 2012

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Loretta

Our annual meeting is January 26 at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.

Click here to register for our annual meeting…

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Please advocate for POLST in Illinois today

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Loretta

Governor Pat Quinn has until August 16th to sign IL Bill 3134 and make a
POLST (Physician Order for Life Sustaining Treatment) Paradigm an Illinois
Advance Health Care Directive. Please copy and paste the letter below onto
your letterhead and …

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