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Foley, K.M., (1995). Pain, Physician assisted dying and euthanasia. Pain 4, 163-178.

Foley discusses how access to and delivery of pain treatment are seriously deficient in the present health care systems in the United States. The author advocates expanding services and resources to care for the dying patient.

Isaacs, S.L. And Knickman, J.R (1997). To improve health and health care. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass.

Isaacs and Knickman examine programs of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a health care philanthropy. They reports its history, evaluates its effect, and discusses lessons learned as well as provide a frank discussion of why some problems can't be easily solved.

Langer, G. (2003,...

Opposing assisted suicide. ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/assistedsuicide_poll020319.html
Langer reports a 2003 survey conducted by ABC News on public support for legalized assisted suicide. The survey revealed that religious beliefs are highly correlated with opinions regarding euthanasia.

The medical management of pain." ReligiousTolerance.Org. http://www.religioustolerance.org/euth_pai.htm

The medical management of pain asserts that pain management in North America is in a state of chaos. There are too many patients whose pain cannot be managed and, even when it can, various factors such as lack of healthcare affordability and poor physician training render the system ineffective.

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Bernstein, S. (1997, September 30). An act of mercy or murder?

http://www.aish.com/societywork/sciencenature/Doctor-Assisted_Suicide.asp

Bernstein includes opinions (both pro and con) on whether services be available to any patient who is terminally ill and facing certain death within six months.

Coleman, C.H. And Miller, T.E. Stemming the tide: Assisted suicide and the Constitution. http://law.shu.edu/faculty/fulltime_faculty/colemaca/pdf_docs/coleman_miller_watermark.pdf
End of life issues and care." American Psychological Association. http://www.apa.org/pi/eol/arguments.html#2
Fact sheet on end-of-life care. American Psychological Association. http://www.apa.org/pi/eol/factsheet1.pdf
Langer, G. (2003, March 19). Opposing assisted suicide. ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/assistedsuicide_poll020319.html
The medical management of pain." ReligiousTolerance.Org. http://www.religioustolerance.org/euth_pai.htm
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