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"What the commission is proposing is a less safe version of the highly controversial Oregon law, which sees the terminally ill offered drugs to kill themselves, but not expensive lifesaving and life-extending drugs," he said.
Assisted suicide should be legal, says major report to parliament 2012
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"These results are both an important step toward making this life-extending potential treatment available to the prostate cancer community and a significant milestone for our company," David Hung , chief executive of Medivation, said in a press release.
Prostate Cancer Drug Shows Promise in Study Peter Loftus 2011
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. â U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis says some of her Wyoming constituents are so worried about the reinstatement of federal estate taxes that they plan to discontinue dialysis and other life-extending medical treatments so they can die before Dec. 31.
Cynthia Lummis: Estate Tax Rise Has Some In State Planning Death AP 2010
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People in Scotland and Wales will want to know why their chances of accessing a life-extending cancer drug are so much lower than their neighbours in England.
Cancer patients in England 'three times more likely to get key drugs' 2011
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These life-extending drugs can have enormous ripple effects, Turnham says.
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U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis says some of her Wyoming constituents are so worried about the reinstatement of federal estate taxes that they plan to discontinue dialysis and other life-extending medical treatments so they can die before Dec. 31.
Cynthia Lummis: Estate Tax Rise Has Some In State Planning Death AP 2010
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These life-extending drugs can have enormous ripple effects, Turnham says.
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These life-extending drugs can have enormous ripple effects, Turnham says.
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U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis says some of her Wyoming constituents are so worried about the reinstatement of federal estate taxes that they plan to discontinue dialysis and other life-extending medical treatments so they can die before Dec. 31.
Cynthia Lummis: Estate Tax Rise Has Some In State Planning Death The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Both of these represent attempts to manage the practice of medicine in the United States from the top down, in a manner that might cut costs but in a spectacularly heavy-handed way, by denying people life-extending treatments.
The Fog of Mediscare Tevi Troy 2011
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