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


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