Food for Thought
“There are so many problems with this initiative, from everyday inaccuracies in diagnosis and prognosis, to a lack of meaningful safeguards against abuse and pressure from self interested family,” said Paul Spooner, executive director of Metro West Center for Independent Living. “The reality is that once the lethal dose is in the house, an heir to the person’s estate could administer it without anyone’s knowledge.”
Karen Schneiderman testifies at the State House.- Why Assisted Suicide Must Not Be Legalized article by the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) dredfwhyasnotlegalize.doc
- National Council on Disability Statement Opposing the Legalization of Assisted Suicide
- The Council of Canadians with Disabilities 2003 report Legalizing physician Assisted Death: Can Safeguards Protect the Interests of vulnerable Persons
- Assisted Suicide and Disability - Another Perspective by Diane Coleman
- DREDF publication Oregon Physician-Assisted Suicide: Theory vs. Practice
- Public health, Populations, and Lethal Ingestion by Kirk C. Allison Ph.D., M.S. publichealth.pdf
- A Question of Public Safety by Professor Baroness Finlay of Llandaff and Lord Carlile of Berriew QC questionofpublicsafety.pdf
- Reflections on the Debate on Disability and aid in Dying by Gloria L. Krahn, Ph.D., M.P.H. reflections.pdf
- Assisted suicide laws create discriminatory double standard for who gets suicide prevention and who gets suicide assistance: Not Dead Yet Responds to Autonomy, Inc. by Diane Coleman colemanarticle.pdf
- Physicians for Compassionate Care Competing Paradigms of Responding to Assisted-Suicide Requests in Oregon competingparadigmsarticle.doc
- "Death with Dignity": A Recipe for Elder Abuse and Homicide (Albeit Not by Name) by Margaret K. Dore recipe_print_version.pdf
- Suicides in Oregon - Trends and Risk Factors suicide_oregon_5_year_data_2010.pdf
- Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety in Patients Requesting Physicians’ Aid in Dying: Cross Sectional Survey by Linda Ganzini, Professor, Elizabeth R. Goy, Assistant Professor, and Steven K. Dobscha, Associate Professor bmjdepressionoregon.pdf
- No, We Don’t Think Our Doctors Are Out to Get Us: Responding to the Straw Man Distortions of Disability Rights Arguments Against Assisted Suicide by Carol J. Gill, Ph.D. carolgillstrawmanart.pdf
- Testimony on House Bill 304 by Ira R. Byock, M.D. byock-testimonyhb304-pas2-19-09.pdf
- IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Case No. DA 09-0051 with Robert Baxter, Steven Stoelb, Stephen Peckart, M.D., C. Paul Loehnen, M.D., Lar Autio, M.D., George Risi, JR., M.D., and COMPASSION and CHOICES montanabriefbnl.pdf
- Montana Brief - DA 09-0051 from the Supreme Court of Montana mtabrief.pdf
- Legalizing Euthanasia or Assisted Suicide: the Illusion of Safeguards and Controls by J. Pereira, mbchb msc illusionofsafeguards.pdf
- Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon: A Medical Perspective by Herbert Hendin and Kathleen Foley hendinfoley-michigan-law-review.pdf
- Killing Us Softly: The Dangers of Legalizing Assisted Suicide by Marilyn Golden and Tyler Zoanni killing-us-softly.pdf
- Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Recipe for Elder Abuse and the Illusion of Personal Choice by by Margaret K. Dore, Esq. physician-assisted-suicide-dore.pdf
- Euthanasia, The Netherlands and Slippery Slopes by John I. Fleming euthanasia-netherlands-fleming.pdf
- The Oregon Death with Dignity Act: Results of a Literature Review and Naturalistic Inquiry by Charles E. Drum, M.P.A., J.D., Ph.D., Glen White, Ph.D., Genia Taitano, M.P.H, and Willi Horner-Johnson, Ph.D. oregon-lit-review.pdf
