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Death With Dignity Sites

 

 

World Federation Member Sites

World Federation member organizations with their own web sites, some with extensive information on right to die issues. Most of the following also have important links to other resources.

| Australia | Belgium | Canada | Colombia | France | Germany |
| Israel |Italy | Japan | The Netherlands | New Zealand |
| Spain | Sweden |
Switzerland | UK | United States |


Australia

Voluntary Euthanasia Society of New South Wales
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~vesnsw

Voluntary Euthanasia Society of Queensland, Inc
http://cwpp.slq.qld.gov.au/vesq/

South Australian Voluntary Euthanasia Society
http://www.saves.asn.au/

Voluntary Euthanasia Society of Tasmania
http://www.tased.edu.au/tasonline/vest/

Voluntary Euthanasia Society of Victoria
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~vesv

Belgium

Association pour le Droit de Mourir dans la Dignite
http://perso.infonie.be/admd

Recht op Waardig Sterven
http://www.rws.be/

Canada

Dying with Dignity
http://www.dyingwithdignity.ca/

Surrey/White Rock Choice in Dying Society
http://www.dyingwithdignity.ca/surrey-white-rock-mandate.htm

Columbia

Fundacion Pro Derecho a Morir Dignamente
http://www.dmd.org.co/espanol/notic.html

France

Association pour le Droit de Mourir
dans la Dignite (ADMD)
http://www.perso.club-internet.fr/admd/

Germany

Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Humanes Sterben eV (DGHS)
http://www.dghs.de

Israel

LILAC The Israel Society for the Right to Live and Die with Dignity
http:// www.lilach.org.il

Italy

EXIT - Italia
http://www.exit-italia.it

Japan

Japan Society for Dying with Dignity
http://www.songenshi-kyokai.com/

Netherlands

Nederlandse Vereniging voor Vrijwillige Euthanasie
http://www.nvve.nl

New Zealand

Voluntary Euthanasia Society (Auckland)
http://www.aucklandves.orcon.net.nz

Voluntary Euthanasia Society (Wellington)
http://www.ves.org.nz

Spain

Derecho a Morir Dignamente (D.M.D.)
http://www.eutanasia.ws/

Sweden

Ratten Till Var Dod (R.T.V.D.)
http://www.rtvd.nu

Switzerland

EXIT Vereinigung f€r humanes Sterben (German-speaking)
http://www.exit.ch

UK

Voluntary Euthanasia Society of England & Wales
http://www.ves.org.uk

United States Of America

Compassion in Dying Federation
http://www.CompassionInDying.org

Euthanasia Research & Guidance Org (ERGO!)
http://www.finalexit.org

Hemlock Society of USA
http://www.hemlock.org

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Other Death with Dignity/Right to Die Sites

 

The following additional sites have extensive libraries of right to die materials

Aid in Dying Communication Project

Provides materials for physicians and other health professionals to help them communicate with patients requesting aid in dying.

Arizonans for Death with Dignity

The Statewide Chapter of the Hemlock Society

Choices in Dying (Partnership for Caring - USA)

Formerly America's oldest right to die organization. It is now Partnership for Caring: America's Voices for the Dying, a national nonprofit organization that partners individuals and organizations in collaboration to improve how people die in our society. Among other services, Partnership for Caring operates a national crisis and information hotline dealing with end-of-life issues and provides state-specific living wills and medical powers of attorney.

Death in America, Project on: Death, Dying, Bereavement

This site connects you to a broad network of organizations involved in public education and policy, with an emphasis on expanding the dialogue surrounding death and bereavement.

Deathnet

An international archive of all aspects of death and dying, including a vast resource of right-to-die materials, information on living wills and an online bookstore with over 3,000 titles.

Death with Dignity National Center

A leading US national advocacy organization for the legalization of physician assisted dying. The DWDNC works with legal, education, and patient care organizations in Oregon and around the country.

Death with Dignity FAQs

Rob Neils comprehensive site on death with dignity issues.

Death with Dignity Hawaii

Death With Dignity Hawai'i is a coalition of local organizations including Advocates for Consumer Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union the First Unitarian Church of Honolulu, Free Thinkers Maui, Hemlock Society Hawai'i, Humanists Hawai'i and the Kokua Council. Our effort is also supported by many members of Hawaii's medical and legal communities, the Hawai'i League of Women Voters, the Drug Policy Forum of Hawai'i, and the Governor's Blue Ribbon Panel on Living and Dying with Dignity.

Deliverance

Voluntary Euthanasia Research Foundation (VERF)

Dying Well Network

Actively supports the right of the terminally ill to choose the time and method of death, within the bounds of the law; site offers detailed description of the program and procedures.

Death with Dignity National Center

A leading US national advocacy organization for the legalization of physician assisted dying.

(ERGO) Euthanasia Research & Guidance Org.

Aimed at improving the research of physician-assisted dying for terminally ill persons.

Final Exit

Current listing of laws concerning euthanasia.

Global News

An update from the Canadian society Dying With Dignity newsletter on global concerns and issues surrounding euthanasia.

Hemlock Hawaii

P.O. Box 11508
Honolulu, HI 96828
Tel: (808) 735-7146
email:VDV@hawaii.rr.com

Growth House

The international gateway to resources for life-threatening illness and end of life care and decision making. Includes a large section on Death With Dignity.

LAST RIGHTS Information Centre

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Oregon Death with Dignity

Oregon Death with Dignity (ODWD) works to improve end-of-life care through education, and fights to preserve Oregon's Death with Dignity law. It also works nationally to promote Oregon-style laws in other states through the Oregon Death with Dignity Political Action Fund (formerly Oregon Right to Die, a PAC).

Partnership for Caring - USA

A national nonprofit organization that partners individuals and organizations in collaboration to improve how people die in our society. Among other services, Partnership for Caring operates a national crisis and information hotline dealing with end-of-life issues and provides state-specific living wills and medical powers of attorney.

VESS: Voluntary Euthanasia Society of Scotland

Among the world's oldest right to die orgaizations with a large library of fact sheets and other right to die materials.

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