Concern for Dying
The Euthanasia Educational Fund was established by of the Euthanasia Society of America in 1967 as a tax-exempt organization under US law.[1] It later renamed itself the Euthanasia Educational Council in 1972, and Concern for Dying in 1978.[2][3] The last name change was due to popular misconception that euthanasia referred to so-called "mercy killing", which the society opposed.[4]
Concern for Dying promoted right to die legislation in several US states, as well as promoting the idea of a living will and other legal measures supporting the right to die.[3] By the 1980s the organization became one of the biggest groups promoting voluntary euthanasia in the US, alongside the Society for the Right to Die.[5][6]
The organization is currently defunct.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Dowbiggin, Ian (9 January 2003). A Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America. Oxford University Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-19-803515-2.
- ^ Dowbiggin, Ian (2007). A Concise History of Euthanasia: Life, Death, God, and Medicine. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-7425-3111-6.
- ^ a b Otlowski, Margaret (1997). Voluntary Euthanasia and the Common Law. Clarendon Press. p. 274. ISBN 978-0-19-825996-1.
- ^ Leonard, Bill (3 February 1983). "'Living will' allows you to control fate". The Des Moines Register. p. 12. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ Scholberg, Andrew; Lyons, Dan (22 January 1981). "Eighth anniversary of 'Black Monday'". St. Cloud Times. p. 4. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "The Right to Die: Advocates of patients' rights advance their case against health-care tyranny". The Arizona Republic. The New York Times. 1 January 1985. p. 65. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ McLellan, Dennis (2 May 2002). "A-J Levinson, 73; Helped Pioneer Living Wills and Patient Rights". The Los Angeles Times. p. 39. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
External links
[edit]- Concern for Dying papers, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester