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Lahey Clinic Medical Ethics Lecture Series: The Arguments Against Question 2

Posted in Commentary, Massachusetts, Medical Opinions, Medical Societies, Out of State/General, True Dignity on September 23, 2012 | Comments Off

The remarks below are directed to Question 2, a ballot measure that would legalize assisted suicide in Vermont’s neighoring state of Massachusetts and are meant to explain the opposition of the Massachusetts Medical Society to that measure. The Vermont Medical Society and the American Medical association also are on record in opposition to assisted suicide. […]

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Head of German Medical Association: Physician-assisted Suicide “Something from a Madhouse”

Posted in Germany, Legislative Efforts in Other Countries, Medical Opinions, Medical Societies, Uncategorized on August 2, 2012 | Comments Off

A disagreement has arisen in Germany over assisted suicide laws. During a discussion of how to implement a previous agreement by the coalition government to ban commercial assisted suicide, the country’s libertarian justice minister has proposed that the law exempt from prosecution any person or group offering “profit-free” assistance in suicide to a terminally ill […]

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Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians Declares Strong Opposition to Legalizing Euthanasia or Assisted Suicide

Posted in Medical Societies on April 28, 2012 | Comments Off

Last week, the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians joined numerous other medical societies worldwide in declaring its strong opposition to the legalization of either assisted suicide or euthanasia. The Society’s position statement, made in response to a government appointed advisory committee’s non-binding call for the legalization of euthanasia ( deemed safer than assisted suicide because it occurs in a […]

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Vermont Medical Society Opposes Assisted Suicide Bill

Posted in Medical Societies on March 13, 2012 | Comments Off

Below in italics is a widely publicized AP News piece that True Dignity found at http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/usatoday/article/38786155?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Frontpage|s. Tuesday, March 13, 2012 1:31 PM EST MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A top official with the Vermont Medical Society says the doctors’ group opposes a bill to allow doctors help terminally ill patients end their own lives. Paul Harrington, the […]

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