DEATH AND DYING

Amendments

National Hospice Month: designate (H.J. Res. 234), 28124, 28136 [15OC]

Appointments

National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality, 5548 [12MR]

———Representative J. Roy Rowland, 96 [6JA]

Articles and editorials

Geographic Variations in Mortality From Motor Vehicle Crashes, 16571 [17JN]

Bills and resolutions

Drugs: make heroin available to terminally ill cancer patients (see H.R. 1470)

Health care facilities: prohibit withholding of food, water, nourishment, and hydration (see H.R. 3109)

Heroin: availability to terminally ill cancer patients (see H.R. 1470)

National Hospice Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 111; H.J. Res. 234)

Social Security: amend provision relative to death benefits (see H.R. 228)

———proportional benefits paid for month of death (see H.R. 1166)

———provisions for determining order of payment of survivors' benefits (see H.R. 1977)

———waiting period for disability benefits for terminally ill persons (see H.R. 800)

Suicide: opposing efforts to promote as rational solution to problems (see H. Con. Res. 194)

Youth: grants for suicide prevention programs (see H.R. 457)

———prevention of suicide (see S. 1199), 12300 [13MY]

Letters

Heroin availability to cancer patients: Joseph A. Oddis, American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, 24024 [15SE], 24461 [17SE]

Poems

``Jonathan Ausby III,'' Laura Lechitz, 30667 [3NO]

Remarks in House

Children: ABC-TV program ``Growing Pains'' examines youth suicide, 34654 [9DE]

———infant mortality, 24682 [21SE]

Developing countries: providing credit for the poor, 34753 [10DE]

Drugs: make heroin available to terminally ill cancer patients (H.R. 1470), 24023 [15SE], 24461 [17SE]

Medical care: make heroin available to terminally ill cancer patients (H.R. 1470), 4965 [5MR]

Meinl, Margaret: death on street by hyperthermia, 3495 [19FE]

Motor vehicles: mortality rates in rural areas, 16571 [17JN]

National Hospice Month: designate (H.J. Res. 234), 8549 [8AP], 24920 [22SE], 24936 [23SE], 28497 [20OC]

Organ procurement: assistance to organizations (H.R. 3097), 29271 [28OC]

Social Security: provisions for determining order of payment of survivors' benefits (H.R. 1977), 8288 [7AP]

Terminally ill: deregulation of drugs, 5551 [12MR]

Traffic accidents and safety: seat belts, 34651 [9DE]

VA: national cemetery system anniversary, 19092 [8JY]

Youth: grants for suicide prevention programs (H.R. 457), 5548 [12MR], 12739 [18MY]

Remarks in Senate

Children: infant mortality rate, 3153 [5FE], 9157 [21AP]

National Hospice Month: designate (H.J. Res. 234), 28124 [15OC]

———designate (S.J. Res. 111), 8499 [8AP]

Testimonies

Youth Suicide: Representative Lantos, 12739 [18MY]

Texts of

H.R. 1977, provisions for determining order of payment of Social Security lump-sum survivors' benefits, 8289 [7AP]

H.R. 3097, assistance to organ procurement organizations, 29269 [27OC]

S.J. Res. 111, National Hospice Month, 8500 [8AP]