International Task Force
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The IAETF Update is a publication of the International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force, filled with documented news and analyses about the latest developments related to euthanasia and assisted suicide.

This IAETF Update search will provide you with specific names and topics contained in the IAETF Update issues on this web site. To go to the article that contains a certain name or topic, just click on the date that follows the name or topic itself. If more than one article in a single issue of the Update contains information about a particular name or topic, the issue date will appear more than once.


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A

 A.B. 1592 - California (See: California Death with Dignity Act - 1999)
ABC "Prime Time" (1-3 /99)

 ACLU  Florida (1-2/97)  Rhode Island (1-2/97)

 ADAPT (11-12/98)
Adkins, Janet (11-12/98)
Advance Directives (7-9/99)

Admiraal, Dr. Pieter (3-5/97) / (8-10/97) / (1-3/98) / (4-6/98)
Advocates for Better Care (4-6/98)
Age Bias (7-9/96)

 ALASKA
    Sampson case (11-12/98) / 7-9/99

 Alderman, Lucille (4-6/98)

 ALS (Also see: Lou Gehrig's Disease)  Palliation (11-12/98)  Research (4/96)  Studies (7-10/98)

 American Academy of Pain Management (4-6/99)
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (1-3/99)
American Medical Association (5-6/96) / (10-11/96) / (1-3/99) / (4-6/99)
American Society of Anesthesiologists (4-6/99)
Americans for Death with Dignity (4-6/99)
Americans with Disabilities Act (1-3/99)
Americans for Integrity in Palliative Care (AIPC) (1-3/99)
Andrews, Kevin (10-11/96) / (12/96) / (1-2/97) / (3-5/97)
Angell, Marcia (12/96)
Annas, George (1-3/99)
Aroner, Assemblywoman Dion (4-6/99) / (7-9/99)
Aseltine, Heidi (3-5/97)
Assisted Suicide Campaigns (See individual states and/or proposals)

ASSISTED SUICIDE CASES (See also: Kevorkian Victims)  
Bement, John (1-3/98)
Brennan, Donna (4-6 /99) / (7-9/99)
Delury Case (4/96) / (5-6/96)
Green Case (4/96)  
Hall, Charles (1-2/97) / (3-5/97) / (6-7/97)  
Howard Case (4/96) / (12/96)  
Klooster Case (1-3/96) / (4/96) / (5-6/96) / (10-11/96)  
Lebov, Myrna (Delury) (3-5/97)  
McGinn Case (5-6/96)  
Rodriguez, David (1-3/98)

ASSISTED SUICIDE (Cost Containment Implications)
Cost-conscious doctors (4-6/98)
Driving force behind assisted suicide (7-9/99)
Means of avoiding care costs (4-6/98)

ASSISTED SUICIDE (Constitutionality)  
Alaska (11-12/98)  
15 States (5-6/96)  
IAETF (1-3/96) / (12/96)  
Compassion in Dying v. Washington (1-3/96) / (4/96) / (4/96) / (5-6/96) / (7-9/96) / (10-11/96)/ (12/96)/6-7/97)
Florida (1-2/97) / (3-5/97) / (6-7/97)  
Fourteenth Amendment (10-11/96)  
House Subcommittee on Constitution (5-6/96) / (10-11/96)  
Kevorkian & Doe v. Med. Board of CA (10-11/96) / (7-9/99)  
Krischer v. McIver (1-3/98) / (7-9/99)
Lee v. Oregon (1-3/96) / (5-6/96) / (7-9/96) / (3-5/97) / (11-12/97) / (1-3/98) / (7-10/98)  
McIver v. Krischer (FL) (1-3/96) / (1-2/97) / (3-5/97) / (6-7/97)  
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision (1-3/96) / (4/96) / (4/96) / (5-6/96) / (7-9/96)  /(10-11/96) / (12/96)  
Oregon (3-5/97) / (6-7/97)/ (8-10/97) / (11-12/97)  
Quill v. Vacco (4/96) / (5-6/96) / (10-11/96) / (12/96)  
Rosen, Judge Gerald (1-2/97)  
Sampson v. Alaska (11-12/98) / (7-9/99)  
Second Circuit Court of Appeals Decision (4/96) / (4/96) / (5-6/96) / (10-11/96) / (12/96)  
U.S. Supreme Court Briefs (12/96)  
U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments (1-2/97)  
Vacco v. Quill (1-2/97) / (6-7/97)  
Washington v. Glucksberg (1-2/97) / (6-7/97)

ASSISTED SUICIDE FUNDING  
Assisted Suicide Federal Funding Ban (3-5/97)  
Assisted Suicide Funding in Oregon (1-3/98) / (11-12/98)  
Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act (10-11/96)  
Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997 (3-5/97)/ (11-12/97)

 ASSISTED SUICIDE GUIDELINES and POLICIES  
Compassion in Dying (1-3/98)  
Guidelines Disregarded (7-10/98)  
Michigan Medical Society (3-5/97)  
Oregon Medical Association (3-5/97)  
Oregon Guidelines (1-3/98) / (4-6/98) / (4-6/99)
San Francisco Bay Area Proposed Guidelines (10-11/96)  
Zurich Declaration (11-12/98)

 ASSISTED SUICIDE LAWS (Also see: State Assisted Suicide Measures)  
Alaska (7-9/99)
Arkansas (7-9/99)
Florida (6-7/97)
Maryland (7-9/99)
Michigan (1-3/98)  
New York (6-7/97)
North Dakota (7-9/99)
Oregon (3-5/97) / (6-7/97) / (8-10/97) / (11-12/97) / (1-3/98) / (4-6/98) / (4-6/99)
Virginia (1-2/97)  
Washington (6-7/97)

 ASSISTED SUICIDE SURVEYS & STUDIES (Also see: Studies, Polls and Surveys)  
Critical Care Nurses (5-6/96)  
Dutch Studies (12/96)  
Elderly Patients (10-11/96)  
Hospice Poll (10-11/96)  
Patients in Pain (5-6/96)

 AUSTRALIA  
Andrews, Kevin (1-2/97) / (3-5/97)  
Challenges to Euthanasia Law (1-3/96) / (5-6/96) / (7-9/96) / (10-11/96) / (12/96)  
Computerized Death (See: Computerized Death)  
Deaths (1-2/97) / (3-5/97)  
Dent, Bob (10-11/96) / (12/96)  
"Euthanasia Laws Bill" (10-11/96) / (12/96) / (1-2/97) / (3-5/97)  
Media (1-3/99) New South Wales (10-11/96)  
Nitschke, Dr. Philip (See: Nitschke)
Northern Territory Euthanasia Law (1-2/97) / (3-5/97) / (11-12/98)  
Parliament (1-2/97) / (3-5/97)  "Rights of the Terminally Ill Act" (1-3/96) / (4/96) / (5-6/96) / (10-11/96) / (12/96)  
Senate Report (3-5/97)  
Teen Suicides (1-2/97)  
Voluntary Euthanasia Society (1-3/99)

Autonomy (4/96) /(11-12/98)


B

 Baby Ryan (11-12/98)
Bachler, Delouise (3-5/97)
Badger, Rebecca (7-9/96) / (10-11/96)
Baron, Charles (5-6/96)
Bastable, Austin (5-6/96)
Bay Area Network of Ethics Committees (10-11/96)
Bement, John (1-3/98)
Blackman, Annette (8-10/97)
Blight, Dr. Cathy (11-12/98)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield (8-10/97)
Bock, Audie (4-7/99)
Bok, Sissela (11-12/98)

 BOOK REVIEWS  
Freedom to Die (1-3 /99)

Bosscher, Hilly (12/96)
Boyle, Frank (7-9/99)
British Medical Association (See: England - British Medical Association)


C

Calabresi, Judge Guido (4/96)
California (11-12/97)
California Constitution (10-11/96)
California "Death with Dignity Act" - 1992 (4-6/99)
California "Death with Dignity Act" - 1999 (4-6/99) / (7-9/99)
California Medical Association (1-3/96)

CANADA (Also see individual names and cases)  
Genereux, Dr. Maurice (11-12/97) / (1-3/98) / (4-6/98)  
Krausz, Herman (11-12/98)
Latimer Case (See: Latimer)  
McGinn Case (5-6/96)  
Mills, Paul (6-7/97)
Morrison, Dr. Nancy (See: Morrison, Nancy)  
Sawatzky, Andrew (11-12/98)

Canady, Rep. Charles (5-6/96) / (10-11/96) / (10-11/96) / (7-9/99)
CBS 60 Minutes (11-12/98)
Center for Ethics in Health Care (1-3/98)
Chabot, Dr. Boudewijn (12/96)
Charles Grodin Show (5-6/96)
Charter for Health Care Workers (1-3/96)
Chevlen, Dr. Eric (1-3/96) / (1-3/98)
Chin, Dr. Arthur (1-3 /99)
China (1-3/96)
Chloroquine (12/96)
Citizens for Compassionate Care (11-12/98)
Cleigh, Carol (4-6/99)
Clement, Mary (1-3/99) / (7-9/99)
Cline, Shirley (7-9/96)
Clinics, Euthanasia or Assisted Suicide (4-6/99)
Clinton, President Bill (3-5/97) / (11-12/97)
Coleman, Diane (5-6/96) / (4-6/98) / (7-10/98) / (1-3/99)
Collins, Barbara (10-11/96)
Colombia, S.A. Constitutional Court (3-5/97)
Coma Machine (3-5/97)
"Comfort Care" - new meaning (1-3/98)

 COMMENTARIES (Also see: Editorials)  
"Controlling the Fatal Nudge" (7-9/96)  
"Futile Care: Who Decides?" (11-12/98)  
"High Quad Answers: Kevorkian's Quality of Life Theory" (10-11/96)  
"Kevorkian & His Poisonous Gas" (1-3/96)
"Kevorkian on Trial: The Death of Thomas Youk (1-3/99)
Killing Is Not Palliative Care" (1-3/98)
"No Blank Bullets" (1-3/96)  
"Not Dead Yet" (5-6/96)  
"Our Lives are important" (3-5/97)
"Safeguarding Health Care Decisions" (7-9/99)  
"What they're saying about the 2nd Circuit Court decisions" (4/96)

 Compassion in Dying v. Washington (1-3/96) / (4/96) / (4/96) / (7-9/96) / (10-11/96) / (12/96) / (6-7/97) / (11-12/97) / (7-9/99)
Compassion in Dying (1-3/98) / (4-6/98) / (7-10/98) / (11-12/98) / (1-3/99) / (4-6/99) / (4-6/99)
Computerized Death (4/96) / (10-11/96) / (1-2/97) / (3-5/97) / (11-12/98)
Constantive, Thomas (11-12/97)
Controlled Substance Act (11-12/97) / (4-6/98) / (7-10/98) / (4-6/99) / (7-9/99)
"Controlling the Fatal Nudge" (7-9/96)
Cooper, Jessica (11-12/98) / (1-3/99) / (4-6/99)
Correa, Isabel (7-9/96)
Cost Containmnent (1-3/99) / (7-9/99) (Also see: Managed Care)
Crane, Aidan and George (11-12/98)

CPR  
Age Bias (7-9/96)  
Patients' Preferences (4/96)

Cruzan, Joe (7-9/96)
Cruzan, Nancy Beth (7-9/96)
Curren, Judith (7-9/96) / (1-3/99)


D

Davis, Judge S. Joseph (1-2/97) / (3-5/97) / (6-7/97)
Day, Clarietta (6-7/97) / (11-12/97)
Day, Elaine (1-2/97)
Death with Dignity Act (See Oregon Death with Dignity Act; California Death with Dignity Act)
"Death without dignity" (3-5/97)
Dehydration (1-3/99)
Dellinger, Walter (1-2/97)
Delury, George (4/96) / (5-6/96) / (3-5/97)
Dementia (7-9/99)
Dent, Bob (10-11/96) / (12/96)
Depression (1-2/97) / (6-7/97) / (4-6/98)
Depression: Negative Self-Image (7-9/96)
DeSoto, Nancy (10-11/96)
DiGangi, Pat (7-9/96)
Disability Rights (5-6/96) / (10-11/96) / (1-3/98)
DNR (Do not Rescusitate) Orders (7-9/99)
DNR Orders: Age Bias (7-9/96)
Dockery, Gary (7-9/96)
Dragovic, Dr. L.J. (4-6/98)
Drake, Steve (4-6/98) / (7-9/99) / (7-9/99)
Drug Enforcement Agency (11-12/97) / (1-3/98) / (4-6/98)
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care (7-9/99)

 DUTCH EUTHANASIA PRACTICE
Admiraal, Dr. Pieter (See: Admiraal)  
Assisted Suicide (3-5/97)  
"Baby Maartje" (12/96)  
Bosscher, Hilly (12/96)  
Chabot, Boudewijn (12/96)
Children
Consultants for Euthanasia (4-6/99)
Court Cases (3-5/97) (Also see individual names)
Dementia Patients (7-9/99)  
Failure Rate (8-10/97)  Guidelines (3-5/97) / (6-7/97) / (1-3/98) / (1-3/99) / (4-6/99)
Hendin, Herbert (See: Hendin)  
Kimsma, Dr. Gerrit (See: Kimsma)  
Legal Status (4/96) / (7-9/99)  
Media Coverage (1-3/99)  
Non-voluntary Euthanasia (11-12/98) (Also see: Remmelink Report and Studies)  
Oregon Fact-Finding Delegation (1-3/98)  
Palliative Care (4-6/99) Prins, Henk (12/96)  
Psychiatrists (6-7/97)  Remmelink Report (12/96) / (1-3/99)
Report to House Subcommittee (10-11/96)  
Royal Dutch Medical Association (4-6/99)  
Statistics (11-12/98) (Also see: Studies) / (1-3/99) / (4-6/99)
Studies (12/96) / (4-6/99)

Dwyer, Lisa (4-6/99)


E

 Earley, Noel (1-2/97)

 EDITORIALS (Also see: Commentaries)  
"Death without Dignity" (3-5/97)  
"Productive in His Own Way (11-12/98)  
"Risking Young Lives (1-2/97)

Elderly: Suicide Rate (4/96)
Emanuel, Dr. Ezekial (5-6/96) / (4-6/98) / (7-10/98)
Emanuel, Dr. Linda (7-10/98)

 ENGLAND (Also see individual names)
British Medical Association (4-6/98) / (1-3/99) / (4-6/99) / (4-6/99)
Irwin, Michael (6-7/97)  
Moor, Dr. David (6-7/97) / (4-6/98)
Starvation Cases (1-3/99)
Voluntary Euthanasia Society (4-6/98) / (4-6/99)

European Patent Office (12/96) / (1-2/97)

EUTHANASIA DEATHS (Also see: Kevorkian; also individual names of victims)
Dent, Bob (10-11/96)  
Gallant, Dr. James (OR) (7-9/96) / (12/96) / (6-7/97) / (11-12/97)  
Irwin, Michael (6-7/97)
Moor, Dr. David (6-7/97) / (4-6/98) / (4-6/99)
Morrison, Dr. Nancy (6-7/97) / (1-3/98) / (4-6/98)  
Nitschke, Dr. Philip(1-2/97)  
Pinzon-Reyes, Dr. Ernesto (6-7/97)  
Taylor, Henry (7-10/98)  
Youk, Thomas (11-12/98)

Euthanasia Drug (12/96) / (1-2/97)
Euthanasia: False Light (1-3/96)
"Euthanasia Laws Bill" (1-2/97) / (3-5/97)  


F

Faw, Richard (10-11/96)
FDA (1-2/97)

 FIEGER, GEOFFREY  
Campaign for Governor (4-6/98) / (7-10/98) / (11-12/98)  
Ethics Charges (4/96)  
Fredrick/Khalili Cases (1-3/96)  
Miller/Wantz Cases (5-6/96)  
Opposition to Assisted Suicide Guidelines (4-6/98)  
Reaction to Kevorkian Conviction & Sentencing (1-3/99) / (4-6/99)
Reding Defense (7-9/99)
Statements Causing Mistrial (6-7/97)  
Unknown Deaths (7-9/96) / (10-11/96)  
Victims, Comments on (10-11/96)

Final Exit (4-6/99) / (7-9/99)

Finn, Hugh (7-10/98)

FLORIDA  
ACLU (1-2/97)  
Board of Medicine (1-2/97)  
Florida Supreme Court (3-5/97) / (6-7/97)  
Guirrieri, Rosario (6-7/97)  
Hall, Charles (1-2/97)/ (6-7/97) / (1-3/98)  
Hemlock Society (1-2/97)  
Krischer v. McIver (1-3/98) (See also: McIver v. Krischer)  
McIver v. Krischer (1-2/97) / (3-5/97) / (6-7/97)  
Pinzon-Reyes, Dr. Ernesto (6-7/97)

 Foley, Dr. Kathleen (5-6/96)

FOOD & FLUIDS  
Cruzan, Nancy Beth (7-9/96)  
England (4-6/99)
Finn, Hugh (7-10/98)  
General (1-3/96)  
Hemlock - 1998 Conference (7-10/98)  
Martin, Michael (See: Martin)  
Scotland (4/96)  
Wendland, Robert (See: Wendland)

Forbes, Steve (7-9/99)
Forced Exit (3-5/97)
Freedom to Die (1-3/99) / (7-9/99)
Friends of Dying Patients (7-9/99)

FUTILE CARE  
Decision Making (11-12/98)  
England (4-6/99) / (4-6/99)
"Futile Care: Who Decides?" (11-12/98)  
New Zealand (11-12/98)

 


G

Gallant, Dr. James (7-9/96) / (12/96) / (6-7/97) / (11-12/97)
Genereux, Dr. Maurice (5-6/96) / (11-12/97) / (1-3/98) / (4-6/98)
Germany (12/96) / (7-10/98)
Gilbert, Judge Alice (7-9/96)
Gillon, Dr. Raanan (4-6/99)
Girsh, Faye (1-3/98) / (4-6/98) / (1-3/99) / (1-3/99)
Glass, Carol & David (4-6/99)
Gomez, Dr. Carlos (5-6/96)
Good, Janet (10-11/96) / (1-2/97) / (3-5/97)
Goodwin, Peter (4-6/98)
Gorcyca, Dave (1-2/97) / (1-3/98) / (4-6/98) / (1-3/99)
Gorosh, David (1-3/99) / (4-6/99)
Green, Keith W. (4/96)
Green Party (4-6/99)


H

HAWAII
Blue Ribbon Panel on Living and Dying (4-6/98)

Hagen, Kelly (8-10/97)
Hall, Charles (1-2/97) /(3-5/97) / (6-7/97) / (1-3/98)
Hamilton, Bette Lou (5-6/96)
Hamilton, Dr. Gregory (7-10/98) / (1-3/99) / (4-6/99)
Hatch, Sen. Orrin (11-12/97)
Health Care Rationing (1-3/98)
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) (12/96)/(8-10/97)/(8-10/97) / (4-6/99) (Also see: Managed Care)

HEMLOCK SOCIETY  
Disability, Statements about (1-3/99)
Hemlock - 1998 Conference (7-10/98)  
Hemlock Society Florida (1-2/97)  
Hemlock Society USA (12/96)
Leniency for mercy killing proposed (1-3/98) / (4-6/98)  
Support for Kevorkian (1-3/99) / (4-6/99)

Hendin, Dr. Herbert (5-6/96) / (12/96) / (6-7/97) / ( 7-10/98) / (1-3/99) / (1-3/99) / ( 4-6/99)
Hentoff, Nat (5-6/96)
"High Quad Answers Kevorkian's Quality of Life Theory" (10-11/96)
Hiles, Priscilla (4-6/98)
Hoechst AG (12/96) / (1-2/97)
Hogan, Judge Michael (1-3/96) / (1-3/96) / (5-6/96) / (7-9/96)/(3-5/97) / (7-10/98)
Holden, Connie (7-10/98)
Holland (See Dutch Euthanasia Practice)

HOSPICE (Also see: Palliative Care)  
German Hospice Care (7-10/98)  
Hospice Care (1-3/98)  Hospice Poll (10-11/96)  
National Hospice Organization (10-11/96) / (4-6/99)
Opposition to Assisted Suicide (4-6/98)

House Subcommittee on the Constitution (5-6/96)
Howard, Velma (4/96)
Human Experimentation (1-2/97)
Humane and Dignified Death Act (4-6/99)
Humphry, Derek (1-3/96) / (5-6/96) / (5-6/96) / (3-5/97) / (8-10/97) / (11-12/98) / (1-3/99) / (1-3/99) / (4-6/99) / (7-9/99) / (7-9/99)
Hunter, Dr. Walter (7-10/98) / (11-12/98)
Hyde, Rep. Henry (11-12/97) / (4-6/98) / (7-10/98) / (4-6/99) / (7-9/99)


I

IAETF Amicus Briefs  
Lee v. Oregon (1-3/96)  
U.S. Supreme Court (12/96)

IAETF Report (1-2/97)/(3-5/97)/ (11-12/97)
Inappropriate Care (See: Futile Care)
India (1-3/99)
Infanticide (1-3/98) / (11-12/98) / (4-6/99) / (7-9/99)
Informed Consent (1-2/97)
International Association of Bioethics (4-6/99)
Ionia County, MI (1-2/97)/ (3-5/97)/ (6-7/97)
Irwin, Dr. Michael (6-7/97) / (4-6/99)


J

Jochemsen, Dr. Henk (1-3/99)
Johnson, Eric (7-9/99)
Johnson, Margaret (1-2/97)
Johnson, Matthew (4-6/98) / (4-6/98) / (11-12/98)
Jones, Lona (5-6/96)  


K

Kamisar, Yale (5-6/96) / (11-12/98) / (1-3/99) / (1-3/99)
Kanner, Mary Judith (4-6/98)
Kass, Dr. Leon (5-6/96)
Kassa, Emma (4-6/98)
Keown, John (1-3/99)

KEVORKIAN:  
Acquittal: Fredrick/Khalili Cases (1-3/96)  
Acquittal: Miller/Wantz Cases (5-6/96)  
CBS 60 Minutes (11-12/98)  
Cease & Desist Order (3-5/97) / (11-12/98)  
Charges Against: Ionia County (10-11/96)/(1-2/97)/ ( 3-5/97) / (6-7/97)
Charges Against: Oakland County (10-11/96)  
Charges Against: Royal Oak (4-6/98) / (7-10/98)  
"Controlling the Fatal Nudge" (7-9/96)  
Conviction (11-12/98)  
Experimentation, Human (1-3/99)
Kevorkian & Doe v. Med. Board of CA (10-11/96) / (7-9/99) 
"Kevorkian & His Poisonous Gas" (1-3/96)  
"Kevorkian on Trial: The Death of Thomas Youk" (1-3/99)
Miller/Wantz Cases (4/96) / (5-6/96)  
Murder Charges (11-12/98)  
Murder Conviction (1-3/99)
Murder Trial (1-3 /99)
New Trial Denied (7-9/99)
Obitiatry (1-3/98)
Organ Harvesting (1-3/98) / (4-6/98)  
Paintings (1-3/99) Permanent Injunction (7-9/96)  
Sentencing & Imprisonment (4-6/99)
Unknown Deaths (7-9/96) / (10-11/96)

 KEVORKIAN'S  KNOWN VICTIMS
Alderman, Lucille (4-6/98)  
Allen, Jeremy (1-3/98)  
Aseltine, Heidi (3-5/97)  
Bacher, Delouise (3-5/97)  
Badger, Rebecca (7-9/96) / (10-11/96) / (4-6/98)  
Bastable, Austin (5-6/96)  
Blackman, Annette (8-10/97)  
Caswell, Lois Carol (8-10/97)  
Clement, Muriel (1-3/98)
Cline, Shirley (7-9/96)  
Collins, Barbara Ann (10-11/96)  
Connaughton, William (1-3/98)
Correa, Isabel (7-9/96) / (10-11/96)  
Curren, Judith (7-9/96) / (4-6/98) / (1-3/99)
Dawson, Roosevelt (1-3/98)
Day, Elaine (1-2/97)  
DeSoto, Nancy (10-11/96)  
DiGangi, Pat (7-9/96)  
Faw, Richard (10-11/96)  
Foldes, Nadia (1-3/98)
Fox, Carol (8-10/97)  
Fredrick, Merien (1-3/96) / (1-3/96)  
Good, Janet (8-10/97)  
Greyham, Patricia (1-3/98)
Gross, Bernice (4-6/98)  
Haas, Rosalind (1-3/98)
Hamilton, Bette Lou (5-6/96)  
Herman, Waldo (1-3/98)
Hiles, Priscilla (4-6/98)  
Hunter, Carrie (1-3/98)
Johnson, Matthew (4-6/98) / (4-6/98)  
Jones, Lona (5-6/96)  
Kanner, Mary Judith (4-6/98)  
Kassa, Emma (4-6/98)  
Khalili, Ali (1-3/97)  
Knowles, Jeanette (3-5/97)  
Langford, Mary (1-3/98)
Lansing, Lisa (1-2/97)  
Leatherman, Jack (7-9/96)
Lennox, Lynne (6-7/97)  
Livengood, Helen (3-5/97)  
Long, Franz-Johann (1-3/98) / (4-6/98)  
Mercz, Elizabeth (7-9/96)  
Miley, Albert "Buddy" (3-5/97)  
Miller, Kari (8-10/97)  
Miller, Sherry (5-6/96)  
Murphy, Janis (6-7/97)  
Neuman, Ruth (5-6/96)  
O'Hara, John (1-3/98)
Peabody, Loretta (10-11/96) / (3-5/97)/ (6-7/97)  
Rush, Nancy (1-3/98)
Sachs, Naomi (1-3/98)
Scheipsmeier, Dorinda (6-7/97)  
Schenbern, Jack (4-6/98)  
Semino, Shala (4-6/98)  
Shoffstall, Karen (8-10/97)  
Sickels, Deborah (8-10/97)  
Siebens, Louise (7-9/96)  
Smith, Patricia (7-9/96)  
Spolar, Wallace (10-11/96)  
Summerlee, Thomas (8-10/97)  
Thakore, Naterlal (8-10/97)  
Trimble, Cheri (1-3/98)
Tushkowski, Joseph (4-6/98)  
Wantz, Marjorie (5-6/96)  
Weilhart, Margaret (1-3/98)
Wichorek, Martha (1-3/98)
Wilson, Dixie Colleen (4-6/98)
Youk, Thomas (11-12/98) / (1-3/99) / (1-3/99) / (4-6/99)
Zdanowiez, John (8-10/97)

Kidney Harvesting (4-6/98)
"Killing the Dying Is Not Palliative Care" (1-3/98)
Kimsma, Dr. Gerrit (8-10/97) / (4-6/98)
Klooster, Gerald Sr. (1-3/96) / (4/96) / (5-6/96) / (10-11/96) / (1-2/97)
Knowles, Jeanette (3-5/97)
Krausz, Herman (11-12/98)
Krauthammer, Dr. Charles (5-6/96)
Krischer v. McIver (3-5/97) / (6-7/97) / (1-3/98)
Kuehl, Assemblyman Sheila (4-6/99)


L

Lansing, Lisa (1-2/97)
Latimer, Robert (1-3/96) / (1-2/97)/ (11-12/97) / (11-12/98) / (4-6/99)
Latimer, Tracy (1-2/97)/ (11-12/97)
Leatherman, Jack (7-9/96)
Lebov, Myrna (4/96) / (5-6/96)
Lee, Barbara Coombs (5-6/96)/ (6-7/97)/ (8-10/97)/ (11-12/97) / (1-3/98) / (7-10/98) / (1-3/99) / (4-6/99)
Lee v. Oregon (1-3/96) / (1-3/96) / (5-6/96) / (7-9/96)/ (11-12/97) / (1-3/98) / (7-10/98)
Lennox, Lynne (6-7/97)
Lessenberry, Jack (11-12/98) / (4-6/99) / (4-6/99)
Lethal Drug Abuse Prevention Act (4-6/98) / (7-10/98) / (4-6/99)
Livengood, Helen (3-5/97)
Living Wills (7-9/99)
Lou Gehrig's Disease (See: ALS)
Lynn, Dr. Joanne (7-10/98)  


M

MAINE
Maine "Death with Dignity Act" (7-9/99)
Mainers for Death with Dignity (7-9/99)

Makdoembaks, Dr. A. (3-5/97)
Managed Care (12/96)/ (8-10/97) (Also see: HMOs)
Marker, Rita (7-9/96) / (7-9/99)
Marlinga, Carl (8-10/97) / (1-3/98)
Marshall, Judge Consuelo (10-11/96)
Martin, Mary (7-10/98)
Martin, Michael (7-10/98)
Matheny, Patrick (1-3/99)
McGinn (5-6/96)
McInnerney, Conor (1-3/98) / (11-12/98)
McIver, Cecil (1-2/97) / (3-5/97)/McIver v.Krischer (1-2/97) / (3-5/97)/ (6-7/97)
Measure 16 (Oregon) (5-6/96) / (7-9/96) / (3-5/97) (6-7/97)/ (8-10/97)/ (11-12/97) (Also see: Oregon Death with Dignity Act)
Measure 51 (8-9/97) / (11-12/97)

MEDICAL ADVANCES  
ALS (4/96)  
Strokes (4/96)

Medical Groups & PAS Practice Guidelines (10-11/96)
Meier, Diane (4-6/98)
Mercz, Elizabeth (7-9/96)
Merian's Friends (6-7/97) / (1-3/98) / (4-6/98) / (7-10/98) / (11-12/98)
Mero, Ralph (8-10/97)
Messenger, Dr. Gregory (4/96)

MICHIGAN  
Assisted Suicide Ban(1-3/98)
Assisted Suicide Campaign (See: Proposal B; Also see: Merian's Friends
Ionia County (1-2/97) / (3-5/97)/ (6-7/97)  
Kevorkian (See: Kevorkian)  
Oakland County (1-2/97)  
SB 200 (11-12/97)  
Teen Suicides (1-2/97)

Michigan Medical Society (10-11/96) / (3-5/97)
Michigan State University (12/96) / (1-2/97)
Miel, Judge Charles (6-7/97)
Migden, Carole (11-12/97) / (4-6/99)
Miley, Albert "Buddy" (3-5/97)
Miller, Kari (8-10/97)
Mills, Janet (1-2/97)
Mills, Paul (6-7/97)
Miner, Judge Roger (4/96)
Modelski, Michael (6-7/97) / (4-6/98)
Moor, Dr. David (6-7/97) / (4-6/98) / (11-12/98) / (4-6/99)
Morganroth, Mayer (4-6/99)
Morrison, Dr. Nancy (6-7/97) / (1-3/98) / (4-6/98) / (11-12/98)
Murphy, Janis (6-7/97) 


N

National Hospice Association (See: Hospice)

NETHERLANDS, The (Also see: Dutch Euthanasia Practice)  
Lack of Palliative Care (11-12/98)

Neuman, Ruth (5-6/96)
New Mexico (7-9/99)
New South Wales (10-11/96)
New York State Task Force on Life and the Law (1-3/99)

NEW ZEALAND  
Futile Care (11-12/98)

Nickles, Sen. Don (4-6/99) / (7-9/99)  
Nicol Neal (1-3/96) / (10-11/96) / (7-10/98) / (11-12/98) / (7-10/98) / (11-12/98)

NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS  
Compassion in Dying v. State of Wash. (1-3/96) / (4/96) / (4/96) / (5-6/96) / (10-11/96)/ 6-7/97)  
Court Briefs (12/96) / (12/96)  
Lee v. Oregon (5-6/96) / (7-9/96)/ (3-5/97)/ (11-12/97)

Nitschke, Dr. Philip (4/96) / (10-11/96) / (12/96) / (1-2/97) / (3-5/97) / (4-6/98) / (7-10/98) / (11-12/98) / (4-6/99)
"No Blank Bullets" (1-3/96)
No on 51 (11-12/97)
Northern Territory Euthanasia Law (See: Australia)
Norway (12/96)
Not Dead Yet (5-6/96) / (10-11/96) / (1-2/97) / (1-3/98) / (4-6/98) / (7-10/98) / (11-12/98) / (1-3/99) / (4-6/99) / (7-9/99) 


O

O'Brien, Mark (10-11/96)
O'Hair, John (1-3/98)

OREGON
Oregon Health Division (11-12/97) / (7-10/98)  
Oregon Health Plan (1-3/98) / (11-12/98)

OREGON DEATH WITH DIGNITY ACT (Also see: Measure 16)
Amendments (7-9/99)  
Assisted Suicide Practice Guidelines (1-3/98)
Attempt to Repeal (See: Measure 51)  
Court Challenge: Lee v. Oregon (3-5/97)/ (3-5/97)/ (11-12/97) / (1-3/98) / (7-10/98)  
DEA Determination (1-3/98) / (4-6/98 / (7-10/98)
Deaths Reported (4-6/98) / (7-10/98)  
Deaths Unreported (7-10/98)  
Disabilities (1-3/99)  
Federal proposal to prevent implementation HB 2954 (3-5/97)
Flaws (1-3/99)  
Funding for Assisted Suicide (1-3/98 / (11-12/98)  
Official Report (1-3/99)  
Oregon Death with Dignity Act: A Guidebook for Health Care Providers (1-3/98)
Oregon Health Law Manual: Assisted Suicide Practice Tips (11-12/97)  
Penalties (1-3/99)  
Statistics (1-3/99)

Oregon Health Division (1-3/99)
Oregon Medical Assoc. (3-5/97)
Oregon Nurses Association (1-3/98)
Organ Harvesting (1-3/98) / (4-6/98)
Ormerod, Mary (1-3/99)
"Our Lives Are Important" (3-5/97)  


P

PAIN  
Fear of Pain (4-6/99)  
Impact on Desire for Assisted Suicide(4-6/98)  
Patients' Attitudes about Pain (5-6/96)

PAIN CONTROL (See: Palliative Care)

PALLIATIVE CARE (Also see: Hospice)  
Holland (See: Netherlands, The)  
"Killing the Dying Is Not Palliative Care" (1-3/98)
Oregon (1-3/98) / (4-6/99)  
Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999 (4-6/99) / (7-9/99)

Peabody, Loretta (10-11/96) / (3-5/97)

PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE  
Cases (7-9/96)  
Doctors' Views on (7-9/96)  
Misdiagnosis (7-9/96)

Physician-Assisted Living (11-12/98)
Physicians for Compassionate Care (7-10/98) / (1-3/99) / (4-6/99)
Pierce, Dr. Edward (4-6/98) / (7-10/98)
Pinzon-Reyes, Dr. Ernesto (6-7/97)
Plastic Bag Death (3-5/97) / (3-5/97) / (7-9/99)
Potter, Marianne (1-3/99) / (4-6/99)
Preston, Dr. Thomas (8-10/97)
Prins, Dr. Henk (12/96)

POLLS (See: Studies, Polls and Surveys)

PRIVACY, RIGHT TO (See: Alaska Sampson case; Also see: Krisher v. McIver

Princeton University (4-6/99) / (7-9/99)

PROPOSAL B (Michigan)  
Analysis (7-10/98)  
Campaign (4-6/98) / (7-10/98)  
Defeat (11-12/98)  
Terminology (7-10/98)  
Vote Demographics (11-12/98)

"Protection of Human Subjects; Informed Consent" (1-2/97)
Protective Medical Decisions Document (PMDD) (7-9/99)

PSYCHIATRISTS & PSYCHOLOGISTS  
Dutch (6-7/97)
Oregon (6-7/97) / (4-6/99)


Q

Quill, Dr. Timothy (5-6/96) / (7-9/96) / (4-6/98) / (1-3/99)
Quill v. Vacco (4/96) / (5-6/96) / (10-11/96) (See also: Vacco v. Quill)  


R

Racial Discrimination (1-3/99)
Reardon, Dr. Thomas (7-10/98) / (4-6/99)
Reding, Dr. Georges (10-11/96) / (1-3/98) / (4-6/98) / (7-10/98) / (11-12/98) / (4-6/99) / (7-9/99)
Reinhart, Judge Stephen (1-3/96) / (5-6/96)
Rehnquist, Chief Justice William (6-7/97)
Remmelink Report (See: Studies, Polls and Surveys - Dutch)
Reno, Janet (11-12/97) / (4-6/98) / (4-6/99)
Rhode Island (1-2/97) / (3-5/97)
"Rights of the Terminally Ill Act, The" (Aust.) (1-3/96) / (4/96) / (5-6/96) / (10-11/96) / (12/96)
"Risking Young Lives" (1-2/97)
Rivas, Robert (1-2/97) / (3-5/97)
Rodriguez, David (1-3/98)
Rosen, Judge Gerald (1-2/97)  


S

Sabatini, David (7-9/99)
Salamanca, Robert (3-5/97)
Sampson, Kevin (11-12/98)
Sampson v. Alaska (7-9/99)
Sanders, Eric (7-9/99)
Satcher, Dr. David (7-9/99)
Saunders, Dr. Cicely (4-6/98) / (1-3/99)
Sawatzy, Andrew (11-12/98)
Schat, Dr. Sippe (3-5/97)
Scheipsmeier, Dorinda (6-7/97)
Schenbern, Jack (4-6/98)
Schulman, Dr. Kevin (1-3/99)
Schwartz, Michael (7-9/99)

SCOTLAND  
Food and Fluids (4/96)

 Seeking the Death of Robert Wendland (11-12/97)
"Self-Deliverance" Software (10-11/96)
Semino, Shala (4-6/98)
Shoffstall, Karen (8-10/97)
Sickels, Deborah (8-10/97)
Siebens, Louise (7-9/96)
Singer, Peter (4-6/99) / (7-9/99)
"Sixty Minutes" (1-3/99)
Skrzynski, John (11-12/98) / (1-3/99) / (4-6/99)
Smith, Joan (4-6/98)
Smith, Patricia (7-9/96)
Smith, Wesley J. (3-5/97)/ (8-10/97)/ (11-12/97) / (11-12/98) / (4-6/99)
SOS-NHS, Patients in Danger (4-6/99)

SOUTH AFRICA
South African Law Commission (7-9/99)

Spong, Bishop John (5-6/96)
Stanford Univ. Biomedical Ethics Center (10-11/96)
Starvation (1-3/99)

STATE ASSISTED SUICIDE MEASURES  
California (See: California "Death with Dignity Act")
Colorado (1-3/96)  
Iowa (1-3/96)
Maine (See: Maine "Death with Dignity Act")
Michigan (See: Proposal B)  
New Hampshire (1-3/96)  
Oregon (See: Oregon Death with Dignity Act; See also: Measure 16)  
Rhode Island (7-9/96)  
S. Carolina (1-3/96)
Wisconsin (7-9/99)

State of Washington v. Glucksberg et al (See: Compassion in Dying v. WA)
Stroke Treatment (4/96)/ (8-10/97)

STUDIES, POLLS & SURVEYS  
Attitudes of ALS Patients and Caregivers (7-10/98)  
Depression (7-9/96)  
Dutch Euthanasia (See: Dutch Euthanasia Practice)  
Elderly Patients & Relatives on PAS (10-11/96)  
Facing Assisted Suicide Requests (7-10/98)  
Factors in Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Requests (4-6/98)  
Georgetown Study (1-3/99)  
Kevorkian, Public Opinion about (1-3/99)
HMO Problems (7-9/99)  
Hospice Poll on Assisted Suicide (10-11/96)  
National Survey on Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia (4-6/98)  
Nurses (5-6/96) / (7-9/99) 
Oncologists (4-6/98) / (7-10/98)  
Oregon Physicians (1-3/99)  
Oregon Psychologists (4-6/99)  
Patient CPR Preferences (4/96)  
Patients in Pain (5-6/96) / (4-6/98) / (4-6/99)  
Physician Resource Use and Assisted Suicide (4-6/98)  
Practice of Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in U.S. (7-10/98)  
PVS: Doctors' Views on (7-9/96)  
PVS: Misdiagnosis (7-9/96)  
Race & Sex Bias (1-3/99)  
Rasmussen Research Poll (1-3/99)  
Stutsman, Eli (8-10/97)/(11-12/97)  
Sweden (1-3/99)
Terminally Ill Patients (7-9/99) 
United Kingdom Psychiatrists (11-12/98)
Will to Live Fluctuates (7-9/99)

SUICIDE  
Cruzan, Joe (7-9/96)  
Elderly (4/96)
Statistics (7-9/99)  
Teen Suicide (1-2/97)

Suicide Pill (4-6/98) / (11-12/98)
Sulmasy, Dr. Daniel P. (4-6/98)
Summerslee, Thomas (8-10/97)
Supreme Court of Canada (1-2/97)

SURVEYS (See: Studies, Polls and Surveys)

SWEDEN
Study (1-3/99)

SWITZERLAND  
No Law Regarding Assisted Suicide (12/96)


T

Task Force to Improve the Care of Terminally-Ill Oregonians (1-3/98)
Taylor, Henry (7-10/98) / (7-9/99)
Taylor, Dr. Ken (1-3/99)
Teen Suicide (1-2/97)

TERMINAL
Difficulty of Accurately Defining "Terminal" (4-6/98)  
Illusion of Safeguard for Assisted Suicide (4-6/98)

"Terminally Ill Patients' Rights to End Unbearable Pain or Suffering Act" (See: Proposal B)
Thakore, Naterlal (8-10/97)
Thompson, Parker (3-5/97)
Thompson, Richard (1-2/97) / (7-10/98)
Tolle, Dr. Susan (4-6/99)
Tribe, Laurence (1-2/97)
Tucker, Kathryn (1-2/97)/ (6-7/97) / (11-12/97) / (4-6/99) / (7-9/99)
Turner, Dr. Eugene (1-3/98) / (11-12/98) / (7-9/99)
Tushkowski, Joseph (7-10/98)
"Twisted Value of Assisted Suicide" (8-10/97)  


U

U.S Constitution 14th Amendment (10-11/96)
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Hearing (7-10/98)
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing (7-10/98)

U.S. SUPREME COURT (Also see: Assisted Suicide)
Amicus Briefs (12/96)  
Kevorkian (7-9/96)  
Ninth Circuit Decision (5-6/96) / (7-9/96) / (10-11/96)  
Oral Arguments (1-2/97)  
Second Circuit Decision (5-6/96) / (10-11/96)  
Vacco v. Quill (10-11/96) / (12/96)/ (1-2/97)/ (6-7/97)  
Washington v. Glucksberg (10-11/96) / (12/96)/ (1-2/97)/ (6-7/97)  


V

Vacco, Dennis (1-2/97) / (3-5/97)
Vacco v. Quill (10-11/96) / (12/96) / (1-2/97)/ (6-7/97)(See also: Quill v. Vacco)
Valko, Nancy (1-3/96)
Virginia (1-2/97)
Voet, Raymond (1-2/97) / (3-5/97)/ (6-7/97)  


W

Wagstaff, Bob (11-12/98) / (7-9/99)
Waldmeir, Pete (1-3/99)
Wallace, Mike (11-12/98) / (1-3/99)
Washington Med. Assoc. (10-11/96)
Washington v. Glucksberg (10-11/96) / (12/96) / (1-2/97)/ (6-7/97)
Wendland, Robert (11-12/97)
Wild, Esther (3-5/97)
Williams, William (1-2/97)
Wilson, Dixie Colleen (4-6/98)
Wilson, Dr. Lance (7-9/99)
World Federation of Right to Die Societies (11-12/98)
Wyden, Sen. Ron (4-6/99) / (7-9/99) 


X  


Y

Yes on 51 (11-12/97)
Youk, Thomas (11-12/98) / (1-3/99) / (4-6/99) 


Z

Zdanowicz, John (8-10/97)
"Zurich Declaration on Assisted Dying" (11-12/98)
Zylicz, Dr. Zbigniew (Ben) (11-12/98) / (4-6/99)  


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