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From:  (David Stodolsky)
Subject: Fwd: Many AIDS Patients Opt for Suicide
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 96 13:13:42 +0200


Forward of article <> () by "Flynn Mclean" 
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"Many AIDS Patients Opt for Suicide"
Miami Herald (07/11/96) P. 9A; Haney, Daniel Q.
     People with AIDS commonly attempt suicide and doctors seem 
increasingly willing to assist them, according to survey results 
presented Wednesday.  Failed suicides are frequent, because 
physician-assisted suicide is illegal in most places, but surveys 
show that doctors and nurses are more willing to bend or break the 
rules to help patients end their pain.  Thomas Mitchell of the 
University of California at San Francisco reported that 53 percent 
of 114 San Francisco-area AIDS specialists surveyed said they had 
helped patients end their lives by writing prescriptions for 
narcotic overdoses.  Five years ago, 28 percent of doctors said 
they would probably help in a suicide.

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