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On Thursday (Oct 20), 38-year-old Christopher Johnson was executed by lethal injection in an Alabama prison after only four years on death row. The average...

A British woman in a “minimally conscious state” should not have her feeding tube removed so that she can die, a judge has ruled in...

Dr Philip Nitschke, founder of euthanasia group Exit International, made headlines yet again this week when he announced that he will import the suicide drug...

A MacArthur genius fellowship awarded to an elder abuse activist highlights the difficulties of ensuring high quality end of life care. Marie-Therese Connolly, 54, a...

Dutch euthanasia doctors must wait up to eight months to find out if they will undergo criminal investigation. Dutch euthanasia doctors must wait up to...

  Pat Robertson, the colourful American televangelist with a gift for making headline opinions, has ventured into a controversial dimension of end-of-life care. In his...

Dutch doctors have a professional obligation to refer patients who request euthanasia to a compliant colleague if they object, says the national doctors association, the...

More than 40 people have committed suicide since new guidelines for prosecuting people who helped them were issued by the Crown Prosecution Service. More than...

A former GP from the UK admitted last week to helping as many as 30 people to end their lives at Dignitas suicide clinic in...

The UK should legalise assisted suicide according to a leading government adviser on dementia and care for the elderly. Martin Green, the chief executive of...

It has been easy to tell between the living and the dead. However, modern medicine has created a new option: persistent vegetative state (PVS).  It...