Public shows support for euthanasia, but hedges on assisted suicide

Americans think about right-to-die questions in two very distinct ways--as a public policy issue generally in support of euthanasia, and as an issue of personal choice for themselves, which they would prefer to avoid. The following articles summarize the factors affecting public choice, the public's attitude toward Kevorkian, Washington's new natural death act, political fallout from the failure of Initiative 119, and Derek Humphry's plea for physicians to join in the suicide rights battle.