Welcome The PCCEF affirms an ethic based on the principle that all human life is inherently valuable and that the physician's roles are to heal illness, alleviate suffering, and provide comfort for the sick and dying. PCCEF promotes compassionate care for severely ill patients without sanctioning or assisting their suicide. Latest Highlights June 27, 2005 An article, Competing Paradigms of Response to Assisted Suicide Requests in Oregon , by N. Gregory Hamilton and Catherine A. Hamilton was published in the American Journal of Psychiatry , June 2005; 162:1060 - 1065 More... June 14, 2005 This is a written copy of an invited presentation given by Dr. Kenneth R. Stevens, Jr., M.D. to the British House of Lords on June 14, 2005. More... June 11, 2005 An amicus brief was filed in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the Physicians for Compassionate Care Educational Foundation entitled Gonzales v. Oregon, U.S. No. 04-623 (2004):363-364 | |
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