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Suicide is never death with dignity, and assisted suicide legislation threatens true patient choices at the end of life.

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Is Diabetes an Acceptable Reason for a Doctor to Assist a Person in Committing Suicide? Oregon Thinks So.

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Diabetes is generally thought of as a chronic disease, but it is chronic only when treated.  Without treatment it is terminal. A suicidal person can render it terminal by declining treatment. Depression is also common among people with diabetes (http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/complications/mental-health/depression.html). Unlike the  Vermont law, which will … [Read more...] about Is Diabetes an Acceptable Reason for a Doctor to Assist a Person in Committing Suicide? Oregon Thinks So.

Margaret Dore– CT Assisted Suicide Hearing March 2014

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Margaret Dore had a brilliant legal-minded testimony you can view it at the CTN Video Circa 6:07 mark. Below are notes on her testimony Oppose Washington State. Elder law. What does the bill actually say? the bill is not what it seems to be self-administer allows someone else to give it to you, which is Euthanasia. She is a Former clerk for Wash. State Supreme … [Read more...] about Margaret Dore– CT Assisted Suicide Hearing March 2014

Hippocratic oath and Assisted Suicide

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We often talk about the Assisted Suicide being against the purpose and nature of medicine... and in American the Hippocratic oath is the symbol of a good doctor. (98% of American medical students swear some form of oath) The most prevalent line that people know in the Oath is the "do no harm" clause.  But how many of us know the next line? "I will give no deadly medicine … [Read more...] about Hippocratic oath and Assisted Suicide

Good News but Another Embarassment for Vermont: Massachusetts Assisted Suicide Legislation Dies in Committee

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Assisted suicide legislation has failed to make it out of committee in the Massachusetts legislature.  Coming on the heels of the recent defeat of assisted suicide legislation by a NH legislative committee, this is good news indeed but embarrassing news for Vermont.  Why did our legislature not do the same thing in May, 2013? Vermonters should remember that the VT Senate … [Read more...] about Good News but Another Embarassment for Vermont: Massachusetts Assisted Suicide Legislation Dies in Committee