DEATH AND DYING

Articles and editorials

Law Misfires, E2862 [2AU]

Message to Death Row, S16653 [13NO]

Selective Abortion in Multiple Gestation, E2776 [31JY]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: public arrival services for members who die in the Persian Gulf conflict (see H. Con. Res. 66, H993 [6FE])

Children and youth: infant mortality relative to the availability of health care services to pregnant women (see H.R. 3089, H6137 [30JY])

Coroners: efforts to locate the next of kin of deceased individuals (see H. Con. Res. 87, H1416 [5MR])

Federal employees: availability of lump-sum annuities to terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 2389, H3279 [20MY])

Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see S. 284, S1293 [30JA]; H.R. 134, H57 [3JA])

Medicaid: coverage of hospice care (see H.R. 860, H988 [6FE])

Medicare: exempt skilled nursing facilities from certain requirements relative to advance directives (see H.R. 566, H604 [18JA])

Narcotics: availability of heroine for relief of pain due to terminal cancer (see S. 358, S1505 [5FE])

National cemeteries: permit burials on weekends and holidays (see H.R. 401, H82 [4JA])

National Hospice Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 78, S2405 [27FE])

Pharmaceuticals: approval of drugs for individuals suffering from life-threatening or debilitating illness (see H.R. 2872, H5431 [11JY])

Social Security: assure benefit payments are not made to deceased individuals (see H.R. 491, H385 [11JA])

Taxation: carryover basis of property at death (see H.R. 3496, H7379 [3OC])

Veterans: hospice care for terminally ill individuals (see S. 994, S5406 [7MY]; H.R. 2199, H2767 [2MY])

———increase the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and pay a death gratuity to survivors of certain members of the Armed Forces (see S. 232, S978 [17JA])

Descriptions

Exempt skilled nursing facilities under medicare from certain requirements relative to advance directives (H.R. 566), E228 [18JA]

Excerpts

``Deadly Consequences,'' Deborah Prothrow-Stith and Michaele Weissman, E2321 [24JN]

Factsheets

Life Insurance Contracts of Terminally Ill Individuals (H.R. 134), E54 [3JA]

Letters

Patient and Health Provider Protection Act: National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, E2378 [26JN]

Lists

Infant mortality rates, selected countries, E2348 [25JN]

Poems

``Tennessee Healing,'' Sharon Racsko, E3375 [10OC]

Questions and answers

Capital punishment: Senator Grassley and Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General of California, S8724-S8727 [26JN]

———Senator Thurmond and Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General of California, S8723 [26JN]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: public arrival services for members who die in the Persian Gulf conflict (H. Con. Res. 66), E479 [7FE]

Coroners: efforts to locate the next of kin of deceased individuals (H. Con. Res. 87), E771 [6MR]

Federal employees: availability of lump-sum annuities to terminally ill individuals (H.R. 2389), H3167 [20MY]

Health: infant mortality rate, E2387 [27JN]

Infant mortality, H5054, H5055, H5056 [26JN]

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: observance, E1094 [22MR]

Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (H.R. 134), E54 [3JA]

Medicaid: coverage of hospice care (H.R. 860), H932 [6FE]

Medicare: exempt skilled nursing facilities from certain requirements relative to advance directives (H.R. 566), E227 [18JA], E2731 [25JY]

Miami Lakes, FL: tribute to Catholic Hospice, E2445 [9JY]

Middle East: tribute to Arizona servicemen and women who died during Persian Gulf Conflict, H3741 [3JN]

National Hospice Month: designate (S.J. Res. 78), H7099, H7100 [30SE]

Pharmaceuticals: approval of drugs for individuals suffering from life-threatening of debilitating illness (H.R. 2872), E3608 [30OC]

———approval of drugs for individuals suffering from life-threatening or debilitating illness (H.R. 2872), E2510 [11JY]

Taxation: carryover basis of property at death (H.R. 3496), E3276, E3282 [3OC]

Veterans: hospice care for terminally ill individuals (H.R. 2199), E1597 [2MY]

Virgin Islands: death of former Governor Ralph M. Paiewonsky, E3884 [18NO]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, E1540 [1MY]

Remarks in Senate

Capital punishment: court procedures, S8716 [26JN]

Children and youth: funding of programs targeting infant mortality, S3649-S3656 [20MR]

Courts: capital punishment, S16653 [13NO]

Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (S. 284), S1294 [30JA], S1463 [31JA]

Middle East: tribute to Arizona servicemen and servicewoman who died during Persian Gulf Conflict, S10480 [19JY]

Narcotics: availability of heroine for relief of pain due to terminal cancer (S. 358), S1598 [5FE]

National Hospice Month: designate (S.J. Res. 78), S2435 [27FE], S2548 [28FE], S8706 [26JN]

Operation Desert Shield: death gratuity increase restriction for surviors of military personnel to assist in funeral, S4086 [21MR]

Veterans: hospice care for terminally ill individuals (S. 994), S5411 [7MY]

———increase the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and pay a death gratuity to survivors of certain members of the Armed Forces (S. 232), S986 [17JA]

———increase the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and pay a death gratuity to survivors of certain members of the Armed Forces (S. 232), referred to Committee on Veterans' Affairs, S1644 [5FE]

Reports

Death Penalty Habeas Corpus Reforms: Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General of California, S8716-S8720 [26JN]

Reports filed

Increase Coverage Under Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and Payment of Death Gratuity to Survivors of Certain Members of Armed Forces: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 232) (S. Rept. 102-8), S1367 [31JA]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Right To Die, E2998 [12SE]

Sermons

Faith Through Difficult Times: Collin P. Fuller, E2147 [11JN]

Statements

Death, Dying, and Healing in Tennessee: Sharon Racsko, E3374 [10OC]

Pain Relief for Cancer Victims: William F. Buckley, Jr., S1599 [5FE]

World Without Death: Robert G. Ingersoll, S4160 [9AP]

Studies

Prospective Study of Advanced Directives for Life-Sustaining Care: New England Journal of Medicine, E2731-E2734 [25JY]

Summaries

Taxation Carryover Basis of Property at Death (H.R. 3496), E3282 [3OC]

Tables

Infant mortality rate and selected data, 1988, H1793 [19MR]

Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm casualties, S6093-S6098 [17MY]

Texts of

H. Con Res. 66, public arrival services for Armed Forces members who die in the Persian Gulf conflict, E479 [7FE]

H.R. 860, medicaid coverage of hospice care, H933 [6FE]

S. 232, increase the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and pay a death gratuity to survivors of certain members of the Armed Forces, S986 [17JA]

S. 284, life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals, S1295 [30JA]

S. 358, Compassionate Pain Relief Act, S1599 [5FE]

S. 994, Veterans Hospice Benefit Act, S5412 [7MY]

S.J. Res. 78, National Hospice Month, S2436 [27FE], S8707 [26JN], H7100 [30SE]