After winning the right to die, NY woman wants to live
After winning the right to refuse life-sustaining treatment, a young Korean woman in New York has decided that she wants to live. After winning the...
Significant stress after witnessing assisted suicide
Relatives and friends of a person who commits assisted suicide have a high rate of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, according to a Swiss study...
Belgium pioneers organ donation after voluntary euthanasia
The practice of transplanting organs from patients who die after voluntary euthanasia is becoming customary in Belgium.The practice of transplanting organs from patients who die...
Swiss parliament rejects more regulation of assisted suicide
The lower house of the Swiss parliament has declined to tighten controls on assisted suicide. MPs felt that self-regulation by groups like Exit and Dignitas...
Big rise in Dutch euthanasia deaths
Just-released statistics for Dutch euthanasia in 2011 show that the number of psychiatric patients who died has skyrocketed from 2 in 2010 to 13 last...
Elderly in Europe facing a “crisis” in end-of-life care
European Union countries are not prepared for the exploding burden of end-of-life care, according to an article in the journal British Medical Journal Supportive and...
Prisoner euthanasia begins in Belgium
Hi there, No doubt about it: Belgium is the place to be for creative applications of legalised euthanasia. Last year Belgian transplant surgeons revealed that...
New first for Belgium: prisoner euthanasia
For the first time, a Belgian prisoner has been euthanased. A man identified as Frank V.D.B, who had spent 20 years in prison for two...
Mind that gallows humour!
Commonly used palliative care practices are often misconstrued as euthanasia or murder, even though the treating physician may have no intention of killing a patient....
Dutch debate euthanasia of their prince
Nearly six months ago Prince Friso, the son of Queen Beatrix, of the Netherlands, was buried in an avalanche while skiing in Austria. By the...
Fiji says No to suicide clinic
Australian euthanasia activist Dr Philip Nitschke seems to have jumped the gun by telling the media that the South Pacific island of Fiji was considering...
New Zealand prime minister endorses euthanasia
The New Zealand prime minister has given legalised euthanasia a ringing personal endorsement.The New Zealand prime minister has given legalised euthanasia a ringing personal endorsement....