Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Ontario - excellent articles, information, etc.

A Brief to Members of Parliament - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, 1998

Euthanasia:   Refuting the rhetoric - Dr. Robert Pankratz, Canadian Physicians for Life

Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Lessons from the Dutch Experience   Dr. Herbert Hendin, M.D., Summary for Congressional Subcommittee on the Constitution

Euthanasia.com    Information for research on euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, living wills, mercy killing

International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force  Updates and resources on physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia, advance directives, palliative care, etc. 

Medical Issues Related to Physician Assisted Suicide -  Testimony to Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution - April 29, 1996 by Kathleen M. Foley, M.D., Medical Director, Dept. of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. 

Of Life and Death   Final Report of the 1995 Canadian Senate Committee on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

When Death is Sought - report of the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law

Disability Issues

Council of Canadians with Disabilities  newsletter, CCD Latimer Watch

Euthanasia for Individuals with Disabilities - By Halldor K. Bjarnason, Barrister and Solicitor

Euthanasia and Biotechnology  web page of Dr. Gregor Wolbring, Adjunct Assistant Professor to the Dept. of Education at the University of Calgary; active member of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities and Thalidomide Victims Association of Canada.  Essays, extensive links.

NOT DEAD YET    U.S. disability rights organization strongly opposing legalization of assisted suicide.

Palliative Care

Edmonton Palliative Care Program Clinical information and assessment, tips from palliative care specialists, several on-line publications and links

Institute of Palliative Care  at the University of Ottawa - newsletter, discussion forum, information for patients and health care professionals

Last Acts - Care and caring at the end of life; extensive resource directory.

Palliative Care Symposium   Proceedings of Health Canada sponsored Symposium on Palliative Care: Provincial and Territorial Trends and Issues in Community Based Programming - March 23 - 24, 1997 in Ottawa.