ISSUE GUIDES: Right to Die
SOURCES AND RESOURCES
SOURCES AND RESOURCES
Organizations
The description of an organization is based on its own characterization of its work.
The description of an organization is based on its own characterization of its work.
Organization dedicated to advancing knowledge about suicide and society's ability to prevent it.
120 Wall St., 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10005
phone: (212) 363-3500
http://www.afsp.org
Professional organization of health care providers dedicated to improving the health and well-being of older adults.
350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 801
New York, NY 10118
phone: (212) 308-1414
http://www.americangeriatrics.org
Partnership of physicians and professional associations that promotes the science of medicine and the betterment of public health. Works to collect and distribute medical, health, and professional information. Publishes the Journal of the American Medical Association and other journals.
515 North State St.
Chicago, IL 60610
phone: (312) 464-5000
http://www.ama-assn.org
Agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that promotes health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. Keeps statistics on U.S. deaths.
1600 Clifton Ave., NE
Atlanta, GA 30333
phone: (404) 639-3286
http://www.cdc.gov
Federal agency that oversees Medicare and Medicaid.
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244
phone: (410) 786-3000
http://www.cms.hhs.gov
Founded as The Hemlock Society in 1980 and advocates for the right of terminally ill, mentally competent adults to hasten death under careful safeguards.
P.O. Box 101810
Denver, CO 80250-1810
phone: (800) 247-7421
http://www.compassionandchoices.org/
Nonprofit organization that provides information, counseling, and support to terminally-ill patients who are deciding how life should end. The organization does not promote suicide, but sees hastening death as a last resort when all other possibilities have been exhausted and further suffering is intolerable.
6312 SW Capitol Highway, Suite 415
Portland, OR 97021
phone: (503) 221-9556
http://www.compassionindying.org
The organization that lobbies and advocates for the Oregon Death With Dignity law and similar laws in other states.
11 Dupont Circle NW, Suite 202
Washington, DC 20036
phone: (202) 969-1669
http://www.deathwithdignity.org
Research center that focuses on the range of problems and issues posed to society by developments in medicine and the life sciences.
Garrison, NY 10542
phone: (914) 424-4040
http://www.thehastingscenter.org
Organization that brings spiritual wisdom to the encounter with grief and death, in the hope of expanding the understanding of life-threatening illness to include the possibility of spiritual awakening, transformation, and a deep sense of freedom.
P.O. Box 357
Fairfax, CA 94978
phone: (415) 456-3915
http://www.livingdying.org
