It is the largest university based group of faculty members in the world devoted to research and teaching in biomedical ethics and other areas of applied ethics. Last Acts Information about Last Acts, a campaign to improve care and caring at the end of life, is available on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Web site. On the site, you'll find a directory of resources, press releases, a calendar of conferences and other events, and recent reports. Task Force Extensive information and background materials on euthanasia, assisted suicide, advance directives, disability rights, and pain control. Not Dead Yet Disability rights organization that strongly opposes the legalization of assisted suicide.
Site contains articles, legal briefs, links, and more.
Compassion in Dying Provides counseling, emotional support, and information for terminally ill patients about intensive pain management, comfort or hospice care, and rational suicide. It is an interactive resource for health care professionals. The interactive case presents an opportunity for immersion into a life-like situation that revolves around a significant healthcare problem. The case reflects the complex array of facts and perceptions that occur when an older woman undergoes emergency hospitalization for a cardiac arrest and is resuscitated. General information on ethics.