Massachusetts Medical Society reasserts opposition to physician-assisted suicide
The 23,000 members of the Massachusetts Medical Society have voted against physician-assisted suicide. Its House of Delegates voted by a large majority for maintaining a...
Elderly British abused, human rights violated while in home care
The basic needs and human rights of elderly people receiving home care in England often go unfulfilled and physical and financial abuse happen too often,...
Does the slippery slope to euthanasia make sense?
Two words guaranteed to spark derision on a blog are Slippery and Slope. They are dismissed with either a smirk as a hoary old chesnut,...
Completed lives: a Dutch explanation
The concept of a “completed life” which deserves voluntary euthanasia is a controversial one. The Dutch group Of Free Will , which is campaigning for...
Budapest police probe suspicious hospital deaths
Hungarian police have launched an investigation into 70 suspicious deaths at a Budapest hospital following claims that patients were given lethal drug overdoses. Hungarian police...
Canadian expert report endorses euthanasia
A lengthy report on euthanasia commissioned by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) has strongly recommended the legalisation of assisted suicide and euthanasia. The six-person...
British Columbia’s supreme court to hear assisted suicide challenge
The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association has launched a constitutional challenge to a ban on assisted suicide. It is representing several plaintiffs, including Gloria Taylor,...
Informed consent in Netherlands: euthanasia
A 64-year-old Dutch woman with dementia was euthanased earlier in March, it has been revealed. According to the Dutch daily De Volkskrant, it was the...
Was Norway’s Queen Maud euthanased?
You would think that having a personal physician would guarantee excellent health care. However, the trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor for involuntary manslaughter suggests that...
Auction of Kevorkian paintings and suicide machine a damp squib
Jack Kevorkian’s suicide machine was withdrawn from an auction last week after failing to reach the reserve price. Jack Kevorkian’s suicide machine was withdrawn from...
British nurses could be jailed for mentioning assisted suicide
Nurses will be warned that they could go to prison if they talk to patients about assisted suicide. They will be told that they face...
UK hospitals secretly use “do not resuscitate” orders
Hospitals in the UK have used “do not resuscitate” orders secretly to bring elderly patients to an early death, an investigation has found. Hospitals in...