You will find here all the information you need to better understand the issues surrounding assisted suicide in California, USA.
April 8, 2019 CALIFORNIA ALLOWS ASSISTED SUICIDE DRUGS FOR TERMINALLY ILL, BUT HOSPITALS SET BARRIERS
Since 2016, a California law has allowed terminally ill patients to obtain and use aid-in-dying medications from their doctors. But nearly two-thirds of California hospitals have policies against prescribing the drugs and forbid affiliated doctors from helping patients get them, a survey shows.
August 13, 2017 CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL SUED FOR REFUSING TO ASSIST SUICIDE
The family of a Californian woman who died of cancer are suing a San Francisco hospital for refusing to assist in her suicide.
August 1, 2017 DYING OF DESPAIR
On November 4, 2014, sixteen-year-old Cameron Lee, a popular, athletic, straight-A student at Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California, leapt in front of a commuter train. His death is one of many in a number of clusters that are becoming increasingly common.
July3, 2017 111 REPORTED ASSISTED DEATHS IN 2016
The recent assisted suicide report from the California Department of Public Health indicates that there were 111 reported assisted suicide deaths in 2016.
June 14, 2017 PHYSICIAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A CHILD FOR ORGANS
In California, four years after the event, a physician is accused of killing a child for his organs. An investigation was opened last June 12.
June 8, 2017 A YEAR OF LEGALIZED ASSISTED SUICIDE, COUNTLESS UNANSWER QUESTIONS
June 9 will mark one year of legal assisted suicide in California. Although premature and lacking in reliable data, Compassion & Choices is already declaring the law is “working very well”, the report leaves more questions than answers.
October 21, 2016 INSURER OFFERS TO PAY FOR ASSISTED SUICIDE BUT NOT FOR CHEMOTHERAPY
A California woman recently put her insurance provider under the spotlight, alleging that the company offered to pay for assisted suicide, but not chemotherapy.
October 18, 2016 CA HOSPITALIZED MENTALLY ILL OK FOR ASSISTED SUICIDE
California has promulgated a regulation to assure that the mentally ill who have been ordered hospitalized in California have access to assisted suicide if they are dying and deemed able to make medical decisions
August 12, 2016 TERMINALLY ILL CALIFORNIA WOMAN HOLDS FAREWELL PARTY BEFORE DOCTOR-ASSISTED SUICIDE
In early July, Betsy Davis emailed her closest friends and relatives to invite them to a two-day party. The 41-year-old artist with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, held the gathering to say goodbye before becoming one of the first Californians to take a lethal dose of drugs under the state’s new doctor-assisted suicide law for the terminally ill.
August 11, 2016 TERMINALLY ILL ARE SAYING GOODBYE WITH ASSISTED SUICIDE PARTIES
In early July, Betsy Davis emailed her closest friends and relatives to invite them to a two-day party. The 41-year-old artist with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, held the gathering to say goodbye before becoming one of the first Californians to take a lethal dose of drugs under the state’s new doctor-assisted suicide law for the terminally ill.
July 24, 2016 WHY ARE THEY TRYING TO MAKE US KILL OUR PATIENTS
California’s new assisted-suicide law violates the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection clause.
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