X-Message-Number: 7511 Date: Thu Jan 16 02:41:21 1997 PST Subject: Fwd: Dying/Pain Study From: (Edgar W Swank) *** Study finds people often in severe pain while dying Severe pain and distress often mar the last days of life in modern society, according to a study published Tuesday which could add new fuel to the debate on the "right to die" and doctor-assisted suicide. The study, published in the current issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, reported that 40 percent of more than 3,000 seriously ill or elderly people experienced severe pain in the last three days of their lives. Less than half the monitored patients died without some last-ditch attempt to keep them alive, the report said. For the full story, see http://www.merc.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=1119746-691 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=7511