International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
- International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
The International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization that concerns itself with the issues of euthanasia, assisted suicide, advance directives, assisted suicide proposals, "right-to-die" cases, disability rights, pain control, and related bioethical issues. The executive director of the Task Force is lawyer Rita Marker, author of "Deadly Compassion: The Death of Ann Humphry and the Truth About Euthanasia." [Rita Marker, Deadly Compassion: The Death of Ann Humphry and the Truth About Euthanasia,(New York, William Morrow, 1993).] The International Task Force's Frank Reed Memorial Library maintains the most and up-to-date collection in the world of books as well as periodical, newspaper and professional journal articles devoted to euthanasia, assisted suicide and end-of-life issues.Fact|date=February 2007
External links
* [http://www.internationaltaskforce.org/ The task force's website]
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