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Update 16: Volume 13, Number 1 — January-March 1999
Oregon’s PAS law spun to look good
The report’s findings
Flawed conclusions about a flawed law
Oregon death highlights discriminatory side of PAS law
The death
The trial
Closing Arguments
The verdict
New poll finds most think Kevorkian guilty…and more
What others had to say about the verdict
Kevorkian on Trial: The Death of Thomas Youk; by Herbert Hendin
Research in Review (surveys & polls)
Race and sex biases found in cardiac treatment
Dutch euthanasia practice out of control
Doctor found guilty of starving patient – other cases investigated
Pro-euthanasia ads air on Australian TV
Assisted-suicide lawsuits filed in India
Update 17: Volume 13, Number 2 — April-June 1999
Federal pain bill gains support, bans drug use for assisted suicides
IAETF Special Report: Broad coalition opposes California PAS bill
Kevorkian imprisoned for murder of Thomas Youk
What others had to say about Kevorkian & his sentence
Kevorkian apprentice implicated in New Mexico death
Protests waged against Peter Singer
Research in Review (surveys & polls)
Dutch study calls for new euthanasia consultant specialty
Oregon psychologists polled on assisted suicide and state’s PAS law
Oregon report on end-of-life care shows need for improvement
Fear of pain may be worse than actual pain
British doctors to have final say over patients’ lives
Mother loses battle over disabled son’s care
British doctor acquitted of murdering patient
Euthanasia doctor opens mobile clinic
Supreme Court to hear Latimer appeal
Update 18: Volume 13, Number 3 — July-September 1999
Alaskan court rejects assisted-suicide constitutional challenge
Background
The arguments
The decision
Maine PAS measure up for vote in 2000
Federal pain relief bill gaining momentum
Have poison, will travel: Fugitive Kevorian aide wanted for New Mexico murder
Kevorkian denied new trial, ordered to pay room and board
Arkansas
California
Maryland
North Dakota
Oregon
Wisconsin
Commentary: Safeguarding health care desicions by Rita L. Marker
Will to Live fluctuates among terminally ill
Two surveys show problems with HMOs
Dutch government moves to decriminalize euthanasia
Assisted suicide for patient with dementia given okay
South African Law Commission pushes bill with euthanasia “option”
Update 19: Volume 13, Number 4 — October-December 1999
Debate over federal pain relief bill intensifies
PRPA opponents amplify objections
OMA fails to bet AMA to reverse stand
The battle wages on
Euthanasia activists show ghoulish side
Commentary: Pain Relief Promotion Act allows caring, not killing; by Rita L. Marker
Commentary: Suicide unlimited in Oregon; by Wesley J. Smith
Protective Guidelines Don’t Protect
Doctor Shopping Becomes the Key to Obtaining Death
HMOs Are a Lethal Part of the Mix
Woman comes out of “vegetative state” after 16 years
Dying patients used for practice
Medical errors cause death and injury
Racial inequities in pain treatment
Lack of coverage linked to poor health
Many doctors favor deceiving insurers to get coverage for patients