Weeks 46 & 47/2017 in the Death with Dignity Media

In the period from November 13 to November 26, 2017:

• The Vermont Medical Society withdrew its opposition to the state’s Death with Dignity law, Act 39 – Patient Choice and Control at the End of Life.

Vermont

• “Vermont Medical Society Policy on End-of-Life Care,” Vermont Medical Society, 11/4/2017
• “Vermont Medical Society Shifts End-Of-Life Policy,” Vermont Public Radio, 11/27/2017

Elsewhere

• Delaware: “MSD will continue to use the term “physician-assisted suicide”,” Delaware Public Media, 11/20/2017
• Michigan: “Legislature wants to take away our right to die,” Michigan Radio, 11/15/2017
• New Hampshire: “Sally Popper: Urges lobbying for ‘End of Life Options Act’,” Gazette, 11/16/2017
• New York: “Letter: Allow terminally ill to die with dignity,” Albany Times Union, 11/15/2017
• Pennsylvania: “Pennsylvania’s ‘Death with Dignity’ bill has been stuck in Senate committee since January,” Lancaster Online, 11/13/2017
• Washington: “Alzheimer’s patients deserve death with dignity,” Seattle Times, 11/17/2017

Featured image by Elena.