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Push for the Right to Die Grows in the Netherlands
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
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
Our annual meeting is January 26 at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
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Please advocate for POLST in Illinois today
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 …
