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From: dragon@lll-crg.ARPA (Monica Cellio)
Newsgroups: net.suicide
Subject: Re: suicide for an incurable illness?
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Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 18:31:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 18 18:31:00 1985
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There is something you can get called the Living Will which, basically, 
is a request that "heroic measures" not be used to save your life.  That's 
not quite the same thing, because it requires passive rather than active 
euthenasia, but for most purposes that's probably what you want anyway.

I don't think the document is legally binding, but then I'm not sure if 
it's actually been tested in court.  (Of course, I don't know what effect 
it would have outside the U.S.)  I will try to find an address and post
it (unless someone else beats me to it).

							-Dragon