INTERNET RESOURCES

The Internet offers abundant resources about end of life choices. You can learn about the latest thoughts on the issues and find out about available care options. We’ve listed sites offering a compendium of information with links to other relevant sites.

WEBSITES

Compassion & Choices is an inclusive resource for choice in dying. The organization supports, educates and advocates for choice and care at the end of life.
www.compassionandchoices.org

Death with Dignity National Center works to legalize an individual's right to seek physician assistance as a humane and compassionate end to the dying process.
www.deathwithdignity.org

Discovery Institute's program on bioethics examines a constellation of related issues, including assisted suicide and euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, human genetic manipulation, human cloning, and the animal rights movement. Many of these issues are currently at the center of public attention.
www.discovery.org

Ergo is a comprehensive site that includes a detailed chronology of euthanasia and right-to-die events during the 20th century and into the millenium, a glossary of relevant terms, links to relevant news stories, and other related information. This site is maintained and compiled by Derek Humphry, the founder of the Hemlock Society.
www.finalexit.org
http://self-deliverance.blogspot.com
http://ergo-store.finalexit.org

The International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide is an excellent resource to help understand some of the controversy swirling about hastened death. It focuses on educating the public about the dangers of legalizing assisted suicide and euthanasia. The Task Force promotes appropriate medical care such as hospice and pain control and it also addresses the issues of euthanasia, assisted suicide, advance directives, assisted suicide proposals, "right-to-die" assisted suicide in Oregon, cases, euthanasia practices in the Netherlands, disability rights, and much, much more.
www.internationaltaskforce.org

Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act requires the publication of annual reports. These informative accounts may be found at
www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/pas/ar-index.shtml

Prescription for Care at the End of Life was formed in Michigan to ensure that the relation between Physician and Patient is free from religious or governmental influence and preserves the sanctity of the relationship between physician and patient without fear of prosecution.
www.rxforcare.org

The World Federation of Right to Die Societies, ensuring choices for a dignified death, was founded in 1980. Today it consists of 38 right-to-die organizations from 23 countries. The Federation provides an international link for organizations working to secure or protect the rights of individuals to self-determination at the end of their lives.
www.worldrtd.net



RELEVANT INFORMATION
The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press released a report on January 5, 2006 entitled, Strong Public Support for the Right to Die.
http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=266



KEY PHRASES TO USE FOR INTERNET SEARCHES
Advanced directives
Death with dignity
Dying with dignity
Euthanasia
Hastened death
Health surrogates
Hospice
Legislation about death with dignity
Palliative care
Physician aid in dying
Physician assisted suicide
Right to die