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Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide & Health Care Decisions:
Protecting Yourself & Your Family

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION (view)

PART I:
EUTHANASIA & ASSISTED SUICIDE (view)
     Moving the Boundaries (view)
     A Family Affair (view)
     Two Pillars of Advocacy (view)
          Autonomy (view)
          Elimination of Suffering (view)
     Contradictions (view)
     Step-by-Step Approach (view)
     Oregon (view)
          Official Reports (view)
          Other Troubling Aspects of Assisted Suicide in Oregon (view)
     Opposing Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide Efforts (view)
          Legislative Proposals (view)
          Voter Initiative or Referendum (view)
Endnotes for Part I (view)

PART II:
PROTECTING YOURSELF & YOUR LOVED ONES (view)
     Who Makes Medical Decisions? (view)
     Advance Directives (view)
          Decision-making for incapacitated individuals
              in the absence of an advance directive (view)
          The Living Will (view)
          The Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care (view)
          The Protective Medical Decisions Document (PMDD) (view)
          Can a person be required to sign an advance directive? (view)
          Who needs an advance directive? (view)
          Must healthcare providers honor all decisions made
               by a patient or a patient's decision-maker? (view)
      If It's Legal, Is It Ethical? (view)
      The Food & Fluids Debate (view)
        Background (view)
        Is tube feeding new, expensive and risky? (view)
          Is spoon feeding optional? (view)
          Food & fluids: Treatment or care? (view)
CONCLUSION (view)
Endnotes for Part II (view)