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Vermont House OKs right-to-die bill; governor expected to sign it
Vermont is on track to become the fourth state to allow severely ill patients to end their lives under medical supervision. The state’s House of Representatives voted 75 to 65 on Monday night to approve the “Patient Choice at End of Life&...
Tags: Suicide, Politics, Ethics, Government, Peter Shumlin
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Doctors describe 'death with dignity' program for cancer patients
A majority of Americans support the idea of allowing terminally ill patients to end their lives with the help of their doctors. For instance, 55% of people questioned for the NPR-Truven Health Analytics Health Poll last year said they were in favor of...
Tags: Suicide, Health and Safety at School, Washington Legislature, NPR, Hiccups
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Booth Gardner dies at 76; former Washington state governor
Booth Gardner, a two-term Democratic governor who later in life spearheaded a campaign that made Washington the second state in the nation to legalize assisted suicide for the terminally ill, has died after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He was...
Tags: Suicide, Politics, Laws, Diseases and Illnesses, Weyerhaeuser Company
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D.A. won't prosecute 88-year-old man in wife's suicide
L.A. NOWOn March 20, Purdy’s wife, Margaret, 84, commited suicide after years of unrelenting pain from a variety of ailments. The couple was married for a decade. Purdy, a semi-retired engineer, did not try to stop her as she swallowed apple sauce mixed... -
Assisted suicide rates changed little since Dutch legalization
World NowDoctors have been allowed to help patients end their lives in the Netherlands for a decade by giving them lethal drugs, a practice that has sometimes stoked alarm outside the country, even popping up in American political debate earlier this year. Now a... -
Peter Goodwin dies at 83; doctor helped craft Death With Dignity Act
In 1970 a man with terminal bone cancer came to see Dr. Peter Goodwin, who practiced family medicine in Portland, Ore. The man had intractable pain and saw no point in prolonging his suffering. He pleaded with Goodwin for pills to end his life.
His...Tags: Suicide, Health and Safety at School, Health, Justice System, Family
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Wishing for the right to make that final exit
Colleen Kegg hasn't worked out the details of her exit plan yet. But about one thing, Kegg is clear: When she can no longer feed herself or go to the bathroom without assistance, she will take steps to end her life. A rare and incurable neurological...Tags: Politics, Suicide, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Parkinson's Disease
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Dr. Jack Kevorkian dies at 83; 'Dr. Death' was advocate, practitioner of physician-assisted suicide
He was known as Dr. Death, a Michigan physician who helped his patients kill themselves.
In doing so, Jack Kevorkian inflamed a nationwide debate in the 1990s over a terminally ill patient's right to die. And he served eight years in prison for second-...Tags: Mike Wallace, Medical Specialization, Good Morning America (tv program), Assault, Health
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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ episode about suicide hits the mark
"Grey's Anatomy"
ABC, Thursday, March 25, 9 p.m.
Episode" "Suicide is Painless"
The premise: At Seattle Grace Hospital, patient Kim Allen ( Sara Gilbert) is suffering from stage IV (widespread) large cell lung cancer that has spread to her lymph...Tags: Physiology, Suicide, Health, Psychiatry, Entertainment
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TCA press tour: Al Pacino takes on Dr. Jack Kevorkian for HBO
Show TrackerWhen he agreed to play Jack Kevorkian in the HBO movie âYou Donât Know Jack,â Al Pacino was not just taking on a living person who is familiar to many of us from the nightly news. He was also slipping...... -
'Grey's Anatomy': Wartime memories overwhelm Owen
Show TrackerIn Thursday night's "Grey's Anatomy" episode, "Suicide is Painless," we got a long-overdue glimpse into Owen and Teddy's army deployment. We've always been aware of Owen's severe post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, but they were put on the back...
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