1. “The first Right of a Human Being is to Live”.

In Dr. B.Z.Aminoff monograph: “Measurement of suffering in end-stage Alzheimer’s disease”, Probook, Dyonon, Tel- Aviv, 2007, part 2, p.4.

2. “The relief of suffering is one of the primary aims of medicine. The nature of suffering and what physicians can do to prevent or relieve it is poorly understood. Suffering is a global concept that must be distinguished from pain or other physical symptoms with which it may be associated. Although physicians, patients, and medical literature tend to link pain with suffering, there are distinct phenomena”.

Cassell EJ. The relief of suffering. Archives of Internal Medicine 1983;143:522-523.

In Dr. B.Z.Aminoff monograph: “Measurement of suffering in end-stage Alzheimer’s disease”, Probook, Dyonon, Tel- Aviv, 2007, part 2, p.5.

3. “The first Right of every End-of-Life and Dying Patient is to be Free of Suffering”.

In Dr. B.Z.Aminoff monograph: “Measurement of suffering in end-stage Alzheimer’s disease”, Probook, Dyonon, Tel- Aviv, 2007, part 2, p.6.