Patients Rights Council Information

The Patients Rights Council is committed to the principle that you have the right to know all the facts about the critical issues of life, death, and assisted suicide. Few issues are as important as the compassionate treatment and care for those who are most vulnerable. Our primary responsibility is to offer understanding and practical support to those who are facing critical situations for themselves or a loved one. Our second responsibility is to provide the public with rational, factual information about the results of doctor-prescribed suicide and euthanasia. Eventually, each of us will confront end-of-life decisions for ourselves or in the lives of those we love. Most people understandably have mixed emotions. That's why our laws must be sensitive to the human dimension of policies surrounding end-of-life decisions. We all have the responsibility to understand how proposed laws, ballot measures and even court cases will impact our lives, our families, and our society as a whole. We have to balance our feelings with our rational consideration to reach a result that works best for individuals and for everyone else in society. You have the right to know about proposals surrounding end-of-life decisions. We have the responsibility to provide you with that information.