Dr. Ira Byock is past president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and is currently director of the Palliative Care Service in Missoula, Montana. They certianly have. I have personally used her work a great deal in trying to elaborate a model of human development that incorporates advanced illness, dying and death within the life cycle of human beings. My work probably would not have been possible without some of the foundation laid by Kubler-Ross, as well as the work of developmentalists Piaget, Erickson, and Maslow. In all states euthanasia is illegal.
Euthanasia refers to the termination of a person's life by another.
In Oregon, under strict conditions, it is legal for physicians to presecribe a lethal dose of medication. The issue of control is one that everyone says they want, but few Americans do the basics that are required to achieve it. Nowadays, documents such as the living will and durable power of attorney for health care are widely recognized as legally valid, but they're too often not used. Most important is simply to talk with family and friends about your wishes. Without discussion, very frequently family members will choose to keep people alive and tell doctors and nurses to do whatever necessary to keep their loved ones alive.