“Bring it on”: Victorian doctor publicly admits to distributing nembutal
Urologist and Dying with Dignity Victoria vice-president Dr. Robert Syme has publicly admitted to giving nembutal to man dying from cancer. Urologist and Dying with...
US bioethicists take Belgian child euthanasia to task
Three American bioethicists have criticised Belgium’s new law permitting children with a terminal illness to choose euthanasia Three American bioethicists have criticised Belgium’s new law...
Swiss doctor acquitted after assisted suicide
Changes could be afoot in Swiss legislation after a doctor was acquitted this week of violating regulations for assisted suicide. Changes could be afoot in...
The Lancet sounds alarm over care of the elderly
The elderly care crisis is set to worsen, according to an alarming editorial published in The Lancet this month. The Lancet has published an alarming...
Kevorkian’s paintings up for sale
The paintings may give some insight into the mind of Kevorkian, a doctor who claimed that he had helped 130 people to die over 20...
Belgian intensive care doctors back involuntary euthanasia
“Shortening the dying process by administering sedatives beyond what is needed for patient comfort can be not only acceptable but in many cases desirable”. Involuntary...
Stillborn babies incinerated to heat UK hospitals
Aborted and miscarried babies were used as heating fuel in green waste reduction programmes, according to a Channel 4 investigation Government hospitals in the UK...
Nutrition and hydration often withdrawn without consent in Belgium
A recent study in the Journal of Medical Ethics has found that in Belgium decisions to withdraw artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) rarely involve patient...
Is advising people to kill themselves a case of free speech?
Egging people on to commit suicide can be regarded as free speech which is protected by the First Amendment of the US Constitution, the Minnesota...
The resurrection of the “technically dead”
British woman resuscitated after life support removedLorna Baillie with daughter and husband The family of a 51-year-old British woman is suing the government for £5...
Assisted suicide is too dangerous in times of economic crisis, says disabled UK peer
Moves to legalise assisted suicide in Britain are a threat to the disabled during a time of economic hardship, says Baroness Campbell of Surbiton, a...
Dissecting the Society for Mutual Autopsy
The Society of Mutual Autopsy was an organisation formed in the late 1800s to advance neuroscience by examining dead members’ brains and to promote atheism...