European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes i . Monday december 7,1992 heroic award Bob Hope left receives a plaque from Secretary of defense Dick Cheney signifying him As a a four Star hero for his contributions to the armed forces. The award was presented at Kelly fab Texas during filming of Hopes Christmas to special. Filming has taken place at various locations near san  reportedly exits treatment Center Washington apr sen. Bob Packwood his whereabouts unknown for the past two weeks has left an alcohol treatment program in Minnesota and returned to Washington an aide to the senator said saturday. Packwood left the Hazelden foundation on Friday night. Packwood r-ore., is the target of a preliminary inquiry the Senate select committee on ethics launched last week into allegations he made unwelcome sexual advances toward women employees and associates. He also has been accused of trying to gather information intended to discredit the women making the allegations. The oregonian newspaper in Portland reported saturday that Packwood had returned to Washington after spending a week at Hazelden a posh alcohol treatment Center on the Minnesota Wisconsin Border Northeast of Minneapolis. The newspaper caught up with Packwood and his chief of staff Elaine Franklin on Friday night at the Minneapolis Airport. Both Packwood and Franklin declined to answer questions about the allegations. Doctors have aided suicide for decades lawyer claims Nashville Tenn. Apr doctors have helped suffering patients kill themselves for decades by prescribing enough narcotics to do the Job a lawyer for a doctor death Jack Kevorkian said saturday. Physicians recognize that patients in severe pain with no Hope of Relief can and do take overdoses of painkillers to commit suicide attorney Michael Schwartz said. A there Are lots of doctors who have seen patients in horrible condition a he said. A the doctors have said a Here a some pain pills. Now done to take All of them at one  a but the physicians know the medication is enough to allow patients to kill themselves if they want to Schwartz said. He said that makes them no different from Kevorkian 64, a retired pathologist who acknowledges aiding with the suicides of six women in Michigan Over the past two years. In july a judge threw out murder charges against Kevorkian stemming from the october 1991 deaths of two of the women. The Case is before the state court of appeals. Helping someone commit suicide is a felony in 22 states but it is not illegal in Michigan. However the Michigan legislature passed a Bill last week that would make the action a felony. Gov. John Engler was expected to sign it this week. Schwartz spoke at a panel discussion that took place Here a Day before the official opening of the american medical associations House of delegates meeting. Panellists discussed a patient suicide and euthanasia a the physicians involvement before about 300 past and present state medical society presidents Ama Del Blanket opposition against shortening Milfs is too rigid. The answer is not to promote suicide but to Deal with  a or. Marcia Angell editor of the new England journal of Medicine Gates and editors of medical publications. T the Ama has no official position on the Issue of doctor assisted suicides and the subject was not among some 240 resolutions the delegates were to consider. A it is time for the medical societies to address this in a general forum a Schwartz said. Or. Marcia Angell editor of the new England journal of Medicine said doctors a was a profession Are going to have to respond to these  a Blanket opposition against shortening life is too rigid a she said. A the answer is not to promote suicide but to Deal with  sanctioning doctor assisted suicide could become like nazi Germany a experiments with killing people too frail to work warned Richard Doe Fingler of the National conference of Catholic Bishops. A doctors wonder if once just once its of a he said. A we need to ask if whether the Power to end life is something we re willing to  euthanasia conference finds interest in helping patients die Bloomington Minn. Apr interest in letting dying patients have the Choice of ending their lives with their doctors help is growing along with the number of terminally ill patients speakers said at a conference saturday. A the reality of death is More apparent to More people a Ron Adkins of Portland ore., told an International conference on the ethics of euthanasia. Adkins a wife Janet was the first person to use Michigan physician Jack Kevorkian a suicide machine. A device that let her administer a heart stopping drug intravenously. Her death in june 1990 spurred debate on doctor assisted suicide. The number of terminally ill patients in the United states has swelled with the aids epidemic and a growing elderly population speakers said. Janet Adkins suffered from alzheimer a disease and wanted to say goodbye to her family before her condition worsened her husband said. A a done to you have the right to decide if you want to die with dignity or suffer your life away what we re really asking for is another option another  or. Timothy Quill associate chief of Medicine at Genesee Hospital in Rochester n.y., said he a received thousands of letters of support since his article in the new England journal of Medicine last year about his experiences with a terminally ill patient who wanted to die. In the article Quill said he prescribed barbiturates and told the woman How Many would kill her. He said he went Public about the Case to raise the Issue of treatment for the terminally ill. He said that instead of confronting the Issue some doctors prescribe sleeping pills with the warning that an overdose could be fatal. A this is too important a decision to have any kind of secrecy about it a he said. A grand jury refused to charge Quill with assisting a suicide but fear of prosecution influences Many doctors he said. Derek Humphry founder of the right to die advocacy group Hemlock society said doctor assisted suicide is widely practice if not widely publicized. A we must change the Law a he said. Others said legalizing assisted suicide would place too much Power in the hands of doctors. We would be changing the role of physicians in society said Daniel Callahan director of the Hastings Center in Barcliff Manor n.y., a think tank on menu Cal ethics and other issues. A we would be making an important institutional change. You would have to have government oversight and  Plush hotel converted into aids housing unit am Quaw Norn Ada a to. _. _ san Francisco apr its no Ordinary aids hospice. The lobby looks like it belongs in an old fashioned hotel with Plush carpeting a Broad staircase and dozens of mail slots behind an expansive front desk. Upstairs freshly painted suites Are filled with furniture telephones and fully equipped kitchens. What was once the americana suites hotel on Market Street opened this week As Shanti House billed As first rate affordable housing for Gay men with aids. The 65-unit building is run by san Francisco a Shanti project which offers support to people infected with the aids virus. A we Are Able to provide a residence with the Best of both worlds privacy of an apartment that you done to have to share with anyone else along with a sense of Community a said Ramon Matos a staff worker. All of the residents Are Gay men a fact that is not surprising considering that half the City a male Homo sexual population is believed to be infected a 22,000 to 35,000 people. They come from diverse backgrounds. Some were homeless some lived in squalor others had their savings depleted As they struggled to make ends meet. Although there Are a few rules a no alcohol or drug use no dogs a Shanti House is mostly unstructured. Residents Are not required to take part in scheduled social and recreational activities. Overnight guests Are allowed four nights a week. Rent is 25 percent of a residents monthly income. Staff members provide counselling on available health and social services. Six men moved in last weekend and 59 others Are expected in the coming weeks Matos said. A waiting list already has 160 names. A i feel like 1 was in the right place at the right time a said Robert Nyland 34, who moved in wednesday. 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