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Update 1: Volume 10, Number 1 (January-March 1996)
Ninth Circuit creates constitutional “right to die”
IAETF video wins two national awards
Kevorkian acquitted of violating expired statute
Kevorkian and His Poisonous Gas: By Eric M. Chevlen
Honor thy father: A Klooster case update
IAETF submits brief on the constitutionality of Oregon’s assisted-suicide measure
States grapple with assisted suicide
Doctors in two states polled on assisted suicide
Commentary: No Blank Bullets: By Nancy Valko
Religious groups take positions on induced death practices
Update 2: Volume 10, Number 2 (April 1996)
Second Circuit Court of Appeals rules NY assisted-suicide laws unconstitutional
Ninth Circuit may reconsider right-to-die ruling
What they’re saying about the two Circuit Court decisions….
Settlement reached in Klooster case
Increasing suicide rate among elderly
Assisted-suicide cases, current and pending
Studies show patients’ preference for CPR and care
Update 3: Volume 10, Number 3 (May-June 1996)
15 states file joint brief in support of NY’s appeal to US Supreme Court
AMA resoundingly rejects physician-assisted suicide
Supreme Court extends stay on Ninth Circuit ruling
Judge Hogan stands firm on injunction barring Measure 16 from taking effect
Patients in pain less likely to favor euthanasia or assisted suicide
Kevorkian turns Michigan into death capital
Commentary: Not Dead Yet by Nat Hentoff
House subcommittee conducts hearing on assisted suicide (Short excerpts from some testimony)
Klooster case update: Ruth gets husband back
George Delury goes to jail and becomes celebrity spokesperson for right to die
Questionable survey published on nurses and euthanasia
The fate of Australia’s Northern Territory euthanasia law seriously in question
Canadian doctor charged with assisted suicide
Update 4: Volume 10, Number 4 (July-September 1996)
IAETF is on the World Wide Web
Kevorkian: A predator on the loose
Commentary: Controlling the fatal nudge. By Rita L. Marker
Depressed people seek out negative feedback
Major right-to-die cases: An update
Rhode Island passes law to ban assisted suicide
Oregon doctor accused of involuntary euthanasia
Tragedy compounded: Joe Cruzan commits suicide
Studies reveal disturbing facts and attitudes regarding PVS patients
Australia’s euthanasia law may be overturned
Doctors found age biased on DNR orders and health care provision
Update 5: Volume 10, Number 5 (October-November 1996)
U.S. Supreme Court to rule on constitutionality of assisted suicide
U.S. House subcommittee chair issues report on Dutch euthanasia and assisted suicide
Act to prohibit federal funding of assisted suicide introduced
Kevorkian saga continues: New deaths, new charges, new facts
Commentary: A High Quad Answers Kevorkian’s “Quality of Life” Theory. By Mark O’Brien
Hospice poll finds majority would not opt for assisted suicide
Most frail elderly oppose physician-assisted suicide and may be at odds with family members
A life in peril: Update on the Klooster case
Medical groups contemplate assisted suicide guidelines
Australia sees first euthanasia death as federal government moves to repeal law
Update 6: Volume 10, Number 6 (December 1996)
Special Report: Veterinary euthanasia drug may be intended for human use
Australian Parliament’s lower house passes bill to overturn NT euthanasia law
Dutch put a rosy spin on new euthanasia studies
Numerous briefs opposing assisted suicide reach U.S. Supreme Court