Who has the right to decide? Families relive anger, frustration of right-to-die cases

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Families who were part of prominent right-to-die cases retold their experiences at a Dec 1992 University of Minnesota ethics conference. They said that they suffered from the judgmental attitudes of hospital staff and the interference of outsiders, including euthanasia activists. They were assisted by the legal community, which often litigated their cases for no charge. The families made a number of suggestions for avoiding such situations. For example, they suggested that hospitals appoint liaisons to help families consider the issues and options confronting them with terminally ill relatives.

Hospitals, Social aspects, Management, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Right to die, Persistent vegetative state

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Compromise reached on training rules for abortions

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The House of Representatives and Senate have agreed to compromise on a bill to regulate abortion training requirements for residency programs seeking accreditation. On Jan 1, 1996, the Accreditation Counsel for Graduate Medical Education began requiring ob-gyn residency programs to train residents in elective abortions. The House bill prevents residency programs from losing their accreditation for failing to provide abortion training while the Senate bill explicitly states that accreditation should be given to programs which would have been approved without the training requirement.

Standards, Training, Abortion, Gynecologists, Obstetricians, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

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The right to die - with help: Rulings liken euthanasia to ending life support

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Two appeals courts in spring 1996 have ruled that state bans on assisted suicide are unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment. A New York court in April found the state ban a violation of the equal protection clause, while a California court ruled in March that a Washington state ban was counter to the Amendment's due process clause. New York hemotologist Fred Rosner believes that the rulings suggest that physician-assisted suicide will soon be legalized in many states.

Administration of Public Health Programs, Health Programs-State, Equality before the law, Equal protection, Social policy, Washington, New York, Health policy, Due process of law

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