Last Rights Issue #13 (due October 10, 1994)

CONTENTS:

"The simplistic ethical rule that a doctor may not intentionally aid a
patient's death falls apart in real clinical situations..."  Page 19.

GUEST EDITORIAL

MEMORIES OF SUE
An Intimate portrait of Sue Rodriguez
by HELMA LIBICK
Photo Essay by TED GRANT

THE CARE OF LAST RESPORT
A doctor argues for the right to help his patgients die
by TIMOTHY E. QUILL, MD

COMPASSION IN NEW YORK
A second constitutional challenge is launched by Compassion in Dying -
this time in New York State.
Complete text of Court Documents

 
***SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT***

UNDERSTANDING EUTHANASIA
The BC Civil Liberties Association addresses the Senate Special Committee
on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide.
by ALISTER BROWNE, Ph.D.

InterNEXUS
Our future on the Internet
by John Hofsess


***SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL REPORTS***

AUSTRALIAN DOCTORS SPEAK OUT
Results of a major new survey on euthanasia and assisted suicide
by PETER BAUME and EMMA O'MALLEY

EUTHANASIA IN THE NETHERLANDS
Report from the British Medical Journal
by GERRIT VAN DER WAL and ROBERT J.M. DILLMANN

EUTHANASIA: WHEN DOCTORS FAIL...
THE NURSING PROFESSION MUST LEAD THE WAY
by BERNARD MARK GARRETT
(Report from the British Journal of Nursing)

BEYOND FINAL EXIT - Part Eight
Inert Gases and Self-Deliverance
by Dr. Bruce Dunn

EXAMINING DR KEVORKIAN
A rebel looks at a maverick
by THOMAS SZASZ

VERBATIM
Quotations from the Far Right


***REVIEWS***

Review by ARTHUR W. FRANK
"Cruel Compassion:  Psychiatric Control of Society's Unwanted"
by Thomas Szasz

Review by GEOFF PEVERE
"Scar Tissue"
by Michael Ignatieff

Review by RUSSEL OGDEN
"When Death is Sought:
Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the Medical Context"
Report of New York State's Task Force on Life and the Law

(72 pages)