Vermont legalizes assisted suicide
Vermont has become the fourth US state to legalize euthanasia. Its legislature voted in favor of the controversial law last week. The new legislation allows...
Alzheimer’s and the euthanasia debate
Negative attitudes towards Alzheimer’s disease are undue influence on the euthanasia debate, claims an Australian bioethicist.Negative attitudes towards Alzheimer’s disease are undue influence on the...
The man who didn’t die
A Montana man brain cancer diagnosis shows how difficult it is to determine whether or not a person has a “terminal illness”. Mark Templin was...
Switzerland told to clarify vague assisted suicide laws
A European Court has told Switzerland to make its euthanasia laws more specific, after an 82-year-old woman seeking the procedure on the grounds of old...
Al-Jazeera examines Australia’s tussle with euthanasia
This 25-minute documentary by Al-Jazeera presents a balanced view of the campaign for euthanasia in Australia. No presentation will satisfy everyone, but this one, "Licence...
Belgian Nobel laureate dies through euthanasia
Euthanasia claimed its most famous victim last Saturday. At the age of 95, Belgian Nobel laureate Christian de Duve was killed with a lethal injection....
Just words: rethinking living wills with speech-act theory
What do people mean when they make living wills? Remember the battle over what brain-damaged Florida woman Terri Schiavo would have wanted if she were...
Australian think tank backs euthanasia
A new Australian think tank has issued a call for the legalisation of euthanasia and assisted suicide. A new Australian think tank has issued a...
Head to head over physician-assisted suicide
Somerville versus Biller-Andorno in a NEJM podcastMargaret Somerville, of McGill University, and Nikola Biller-Andorno, of the Institute of Biomedical Ethics of the University of Zurich,...
Leading cancer centre in Washington state sets up assisted suicide program
The leading cancer centre in Washington state has published in the New England Journal of Medicine a blueprint of how to implement a dying-with-dignity program,...
Nitschke to run for Senate in Australia
Internationally renowned euthanasia activist Dr Philip Nitschke intends to stand for a seat in the Federal Senate in a national election scheduled for September 14....
Brazilian intensive care specialist investigated over deaths of 300 patients
A Brazilian doctor is being investigated for the murders of more than 300 intensive care patients. A Brazilian doctor is being investigated for the murders...