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Citizens Against Assisted Suicide

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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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Leading Palliative Care Expert: Legalization of physician assisted suicide in a society like ours, which is entirely driven by overwhelmed, overextended doctors chasing the dollar, is pretty scary.

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A friend has been kind enough to transcribe a portion of the video of the March 28 South Burlington community education event sponsored by the Madison-Deane Initiative of the Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties. The entire video is available at http://stream.cctv.org/cctv/jwp5/vna/madison-deane.html.   The speaker was Dr. Diane Meier MD,  winner of … [Read more...] about Leading Palliative Care Expert: Legalization of physician assisted suicide in a society like ours, which is entirely driven by overwhelmed, overextended doctors chasing the dollar, is pretty scary.

Woman Commits Assisted Suicide to Avoid Old Age: the Slippery Slope is Real

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From London's Sunday Times(http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Society/article593927.ece): A British woman aged 84 has triggered new controversy over assisted suicide after taking her life at a Swiss clinic because she did not want to die of old age. Nan Maitland, who suffered from arthritis but was active and not terminally ill, left a note saying she wished … [Read more...] about Woman Commits Assisted Suicide to Avoid Old Age: the Slippery Slope is Real

Letter: I’m so glad doctor didn’t assist me with thoughts of suicide

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In italics below is a letter to the editor published on October 19, 2010 in Florida's TCPalm newpaper (http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/oct/19/letter-im-so-glad-doctor-didnt-assist-me-with-of/?print=1).  One of the many reasons we should defeat the legalization of assisted suicide is that doctors cannot predict with certainty when a person is actually dying.  People can live … [Read more...] about Letter: I’m so glad doctor didn’t assist me with thoughts of suicide

Has the Physician Assisted Suicide bill been euthanized?

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So asks an article on posted yesterday on  True North Reports.com(http://truenorthreports.com/has-the-physician-assisted-suicide-bill-been-euthanized) , in italics below.  Don't count on the answer being yes or stop working to defeat this awful law.   An assisted suicide bill identical to the one in the House was introduced in the Senate yesterday. It still protects doctors, … [Read more...] about Has the Physician Assisted Suicide bill been euthanized?

Letter to the Burlington Free Press: Assisted suicide not ethical medical practice

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Joseph Nasca M.D. is the head of Vermont Alliance for Ethical Health Care, an organization of health care professionals formed to fight the legalization of assisted suicide in Vermont. March 23, 2011 I am writing as a physician who has practiced in Franklin County since 1991, as a pharmacist who practiced here from 1983 to 1988, and as an executive board member of the … [Read more...] about Letter to the Burlington Free Press: Assisted suicide not ethical medical practice