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…ying (which later merged with the Hemlock Society/End-of-Life Choices to become Compassion and Choices) initially claimed that 75% of the doctors issuing lethal prescriptions were affiliated with their organization[30]. According to Dr. Elizabeth Goy of Oregon Health and Science University, Compassion in Dying (since renamed Compassion & Choices) sees “almost 90 percent of requesting Oregonians…”[31] The public relations image that one’s own physi…
…ctor on Obama’s Team, New York Times (April 18, 2009), available at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/18/us/politics/18zeke.html………………………. 4 Peter Singer, Taking Life: Humans, in Practical Ethics, 175-217 (2d ed. 1993) ……………………………………………………………………… 9 STATEMENT OF ISSUES PRESENTED Plaintiffs-appellants (“appellants”) seek a court order prohibiting prosecution of physician assisted suicide under New York penal laws, as well as a court declaration t…
…any direct contact with the patient. “Instead, a triage officer or triage committee examines the data provided by the attending physician and makes the determination about a patient’s level of access to a ventilator.” Id. 40. The triage officer or triage community only uses clinical factors to evaluate a patient’s likelihood of survival and to determine the patient’s access to ventilator therapy. Id. 41. The Guidelines state that, “This role sequ…
…_Suicide.html?id=gMZU0cKqarAC [16] Compassion and Choices Timeline: http://www.compassionandchoices.org/who-we-are/timeline/ [17] See Hendin and Foley, Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon: A Medical Perspective, Michigan Law Review (2008): http://dredf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Hendin-Foley-Michigan-Law-Review.pdf, page 1628. [18] For more details and citations on the role of Compassion and Choices in Oregon assisted suicides, see M. Golden,…