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Hawaii Passes Medical Aid in Dying Law
The Aloha State becomes the seventh in the nation to allow doctors to help terminally ill patients end their lives
Hawaii just became became the seventh state in the nation to allow medical aid in dying, joining Oregon, California, Colorado, Vermont, Washington and the District of Columbia in enacting legislation that allows physicians to help terminally ill individuals die. (Montana … Continue reading
A Big Week for California Assembly Bills Addressing End-of-Life Issues
California tackles both the aid-in-dying as well as the first digital assets bill
It’s been a big week for end-of-life legislative action in the state of California. Given the state’s size, hence importance, many eyes watch as two assembly bills currently work their way through the process. The first is the aid-in-dying bill. This past … Continue reading
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Death With Dignity Law: One 29-Year-Old’s Decision To End Her Life
Brittany Maynard's illness is terminal, but she wants to die on her own terms
When 29-year-old Brittany Maynard chooses to end her life next month, she won’t be filed under suicide statistics. That’s because she isn’t committing suicide. Maynard is one of many who have elected to end their lives to avoid the excruciating pain … Continue reading
Should We Have the Right to Choose Our Deaths?
Assisted dying opens a difficult question on whether we should choose our own deaths or facilitate others'
Should someone with terminal illness, chronic pain or an otherwise severely compromised quality of life have the right to choose the time of his or her own death? How should they decide? Who should help them? How should they do … Continue reading
”Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying.” by Derek Humphry
A useful guide for terminally ill and dying patients, their loved ones and the physicians willing to risk their careers to help them die with dignity
As a guide, Final Exit by Derek Humphry blends many styles of writing to advise terminally ill people who want to die with dignity and those who support and take care of them. Final Exit is part instruction manual, part memoir. … Continue reading
The Ongoing Aid-in-Dying Debate
A Panel of Experts In Hawaii Have Concluded that Physician-Assisted Dying is Legal
Hawaii may be on its way to becoming the fourth state that legalizes physician-assisted dying. A ten-person panel of experts on Hawaii law, medicine, elder care, legislation, and end-of-life issues convened in Honolulu, in a conference aptly titled, Is Physician-Assisted … Continue reading
