In the week from January 19 to January 24, 2016:
- Death with Dignity bills were introduced in Arizona and Nebraska.
- The California Medical Association issued guidelines to physicians for navigating the new End of Life Option Act.
- The Journal of American Medical Association published an issue dedicated to death and dying, noting a shift in the debate about assisted-dying in the healthcare field (the journal is only available to subscribers but summaries of/reactions to issues raised are at Medscape and GeriPal).
- The great advocate for death with dignity in Tennessee, John Jay Hooker, died.
Arizona
- “Arizona Democrat introduces death with dignity measure,” Lexington Herald Leader (and many other outlets) via Associated Press, 1/19/2016
- “‘Death with dignity’ legislation is back; opponents favor letting life run its course,” The Daily Courier, 1/21/2016
California
- “Guidelines issued for California’s assisted suicide law,” Los Angeles Times, 1/19/2016
- “In medicine, dying doesn’t have to be a struggle,” UCLA Newsroom, 1/21/2016
New York
- “Sharing the end of life,” Press Republican, 1/19/2016
- “NY Legislature to Consider Assisted Suicide Bill,” WXXI News, 1/19/2016
- “New York debates new law allowing end-of-life medication,” WCAX, 1/21/2016
Tennessee
- “‘Charismatic’ John Jay Hooker has died,” The Tennesseean, 1/24/2016
- “Larger-than-life Nashville politician Hooker dead at 85,” Bellingham Herald via Associated Press, 1/24/2016
Elsewhere
- Colorado: “Colorado Democrats face intraparty challenge on new ‘right-to-die’ legislation,” Aurora Sentinel, 1/22/2016
- Nebraska: “Nebraska Lawmakers to Consider Aid-In-Dying Legislation,” KNOP News-NBC, 1/20/2016
Other Stories
- “Why opposition to assisted suicide is inextricably tied to religion,” The Week, 1/201/2016
Featured image by Darren Hester.
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