assisted suicide
- n suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possible
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- In Honor of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, Not Dead Yet Urges Elder Abuse Professionals to Speak Out Against Risks ...
In honor of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15, Not Dead Yet, a national disability rights group, urges elder abuse professionals to speak out against legalization of assisted suicide. Elder law attorney, Margaret Dore, calls assisted suicide laws a "recipe for elder abuse" and connects the dots between what is known about elder abuse and the specific provisions of assisted suicide ...
June 15, 2013 - PRWeb - Assisted-Suicide Dispute Back in Court
HELENA — The dispute over physician-assisted suicide was back in court Wednesday, as an organization seeks to have a state judge strike the Board of Medical Examiners' policy on the practice. At issue is a position paper issued by the board last year saying it would evaluate complaints against doctors in assisted-suicide cases on an individual basis as it would any other medical procedure or ...
June 13, 2013 - Flathead Beacon - Court to hear assisted-suicide arguments
A state judge is hearing arguments in a lawsuit over physician-assisted suicide in Montana.
June 12, 2013 - Montana Kaimin