Death doctor ethics clash over right to die debate
Ellen Goodman probes the Janet Adkins case and Jack Kevorkian, weighing the fear of losing mind and the drive for control. The column panels the clash of dignity, medicine, law, and public fear as the debate shifts toward humane end of life care.
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Oston
Janet Adkins
Michigan
Jack Kevorkian
Kevorkian
Oakland County
Detroit
Adkins
Bruno Bettelheim
Title bout over animal rights talk by activist
Iowa City activist Janet Ashman faced a title change for a University Hospitals talk on animal use in product testing. Hospital officials urged replacing Animal Rights: Making Up For Human Wrongs with Respect for Animals in the Commercial World to fit the medical research context. The talk remains part of a brown bag series on Cats Dogs and People, with sessions 12:15 to 1 p.m. each Tuesday.
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Lyle Muller
Johnson County
Iowa City
Janet Ashman
Ashman
U of I
Dean Borg
Borg
Mazola settles health claim advertising with states
CPC International Inc. and Mazola agreed with Iowa and nine other states to stop stating that mere use of Mazola products lowers cholesterol or prevents heart disease. The deal requires substantiation of health claims, a $10,000 state payment, and no admission of wrongdoing. The FTC also joined the settlement, the first such joint effort in a decade by the agencies.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Iowa
Cedar
Carver
U.S
Associated Press
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
P.O
Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Tom Miller
CPC International Inc
Englewood Cliffs
N.J
Miller
CPC
California
Florida
Illinois
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
New York
Wisconsin
Texas
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Assault at Cedar River bonfire leaves four hurt
Cedar Rapids police expect several arrests this weekend after a Marion man was beaten at a late Tuesday bonfire party near the REA dam. Victims Tracy Nerison 20 and Julie Benesh 25 along with Thomas and Joseph Jones were assaulted with a baseball bat. A gun was fired into Joseph Jones head but no one was killed. All four were treated and released from St Luke's Hospital.
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Ed Barrett
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Rea Dam
Cedar River
Tracy Nerison
Five
Julie Benesh
Thomas
Joseph Jones
Fifth Ave
Mark Corrigan
Corrigan
St. Luke’s Hospital
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