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....
Tony Nicklinson dies of natural causes
Only a few days after his plea for euthanasia was denied by England’s High Court, locked-in patient Tony Nicklinson has died of natural causes. His...
Euthanasia denied to two paralyzed British men
Two British severely paralyzed men have lost a High Court case to allow doctors to end their lives without fear of prosecution. Two British severely...
Prosecute police, says Dignitas. They stopped a suicide
The Swiss group Dignitas has filed a complaint against the Zurich prosecutor’s office for interrupting an assisted suicide. The Dignitas clinic near Zurich NOTE: Some...
Parents who await miraculous cures could be “torturing” their dying children, say UK doctors
What should doctors do if deeply religious parents want to keep a child alive at any cost, even if the child is suffering and has...
German government wrangling over assisted suicide
A close friend should be allowed to help someone commit suicide, says the German Justice Minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger.A close friend should be allowed to help...
American sailor jailed over assisted suicide
Google "assisted suicide" on Google News and you can scroll through a number of current cases which have been discribed as "assisted suicide" or "mercy...
Leading Massachusetts doctors go mano a mano over assisted suicide
On election day in November, Massachusetts will also vote on a referendum on assisted suicide – or, as its supporters call it, assisted dying. On...
Doubts emerge about Dutch guidelines for terminal sedation
Should deep, continuous sedation at the end of life really be treated as normal medical practice in the Netherlands, ask three Dutch authors in the...
Right-to-die movement has split into two warring camps, says Nitschke
The right-to-die movement has split into two warring camps, according to Australian euthanasia activist Dr Philip Nitschke. Speaking at the annual conference of right-to-die societies...
Dutch euthanasia figures present muddled picture
Euthanasia in the Netherlands is nothing much to worry about, according to The Lancet. The latest survey shows that the overall levels of euthanasia and...
Another “Doctor Death” in Queensland?
After the international publicity given to "Doctor Death", the last thing the Australian state of Queensland needs is bad publicity about bad doctors. However, the...