Catholic Health East: Ethics Topics

Topics:

Assisted Suicide/PAS

	+ Also see Euthanasia
	+ Also see Suicide
Church Teaching
	Assisted Suicide (27K) Michigan bishops on assisted suicide
	Directive 60 (24K) Prohibition against euthanasia or assisted suicide, even in response to patient request
	Directive 70 (25K) Prohibition against immediate material cooperation with intrinsically immoral actions
	Ethics at the End of Life (26K) Introduction to Part V of the ERDs
Article/Commentary
	Court Rules on Aided Suicide Seattle - A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Attorney General John D. Ashcroft far exceeded his authority by interfering with Oregon's law on physician-assisted suicide. The Washington Post
	Assisted Suicide: A Disability Perspective Position Paper for the National Council on Disability, March 24th 1997.
	Debate Over Physician Assisted Suicide Continues The debate over physician-assisted suicide continues. Psychiatric Times
	Disabling Assisted Suicide Wesley Smith explores the question of why the euthanasia momement has not taken off. National Review
	Why Oregon Matters Pages 4-8: Death, assisted suicide, and the principal of double effect. A thoughtful discussion of why some patients take advantage of the Oregon law allowing physician assisted suicide.
Case
	Case of Diane Keywords: Case
	Its Over, Debbie Keywords: Case

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