…ering needlessly,” and “quality versus quantity of life,” purportedly in a humanistic and compassionate way, they are really expressing fear of severe disability and a very misguided condemnation, “I could never live like that.” Society translates these emotions into a supposedly rational social policy of assisted suicide. The wish to die is transformed into a desire for freedom, not suicide. If it is suicide at all, it is ‘rational’ and, thereby,…

…ggie Kennedy, “Q2 is simplistic, wrong,” Berkshire Eagle, October 30, 2012 http://tinyurl.com/nxh8lg7   Jeanette Hall, “She pushed for legal right to die, and – thankfully – was rebuffed,” letter to Boston Globe, October 4, 2011, http://tinyurl.com/ny48ql9   YouTube, “Barbara’s Story,” regarding Barbara Wagner denied Tarceva http://tinyurl.com/ozrxmqp   Physicians for Compassionate Care, “Five Oregonians to Remember.” http://tinyurl.com/lwzhojb  …

…ggie Kennedy, “Q2 is simplistic, wrong,” Berkshire Eagle, October 30, 2012 http://tinyurl.com/nxh8lg7   Jeanette Hall, “She pushed for legal right to die, and – thankfully – was rebuffed,” letter to Boston Globe, October 4, 2011, http://tinyurl.com/ny48ql9   YouTube, “Barbara’s Story,” regarding Barbara Wagner denied Tarceva http://tinyurl.com/ozrxmqp   Physicians for Compassionate Care, “Five Oregonians to Remember.” http://tinyurl.com/lwzhojb  …

…ple Goes to Trial on Fraud Charges,” Ventura County Star, January 14, 2013 http://tinyurl.com/lwh7z4p Boston.com, “Question 2: Physician-Assisted Suicide.” Interactive Map http://tinyurl.com/a9pgk6n Ira Byock, “Vermont: Testimony of Ira Byock, MD to Vermont Senate Committee on Health and Welfare Hearing on End of Life Choices,” January 31, 2013. http://tinyurl.com/kuolula James A. Colbert, M.D., et al., “Physician-Assisted Suicide — Polling Result…

…ying (which later merged with the Hemlock Society/End-of-Life Choices to become Compassion and Choices[11]) initially claimed that 75% of the doctors issuing lethal prescriptions were affiliated with their organization (see Hendin & Foley, page 1628). But the extent to which “doctor shopping” for an assisted suicide prescription leads to Compassion and Choices’ doorstep is another issue not covered in the reports.   However, the reports do highlig…