Disabled boy in UK to be allowed to die
Father withdraws opposition to Baby RB's death Last week BioEdge reported that a UK hospital had asked the High Court if it could allow a...
Australian police raid euthanasia activists
More about the peaceful pill Australian police have raided the Melbourne headquarters of Exit International, the euthanasia organisation headed by Dr Philip Nitschke. They were...
British mother asks court to turn off her infant’s machine
Dispute with father"Amicably separated" parents in Britain are at loggerheads over whether to let their disabled 13-month-old son die. RB, as the boy is called...
New suicide drug available next year, says Nitschke
Exit International to sell barbiturate in 2010 A “peaceful pill” for people who want to commit suicide will be made available by mail order in...
Swiss to curb suicide clinics
Bill to be presented in March Swiss suicide clinics are facing a crackdown. Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf says either the clinics will have to accept...
Tasmanian parliamentary report rejects euthanasia
Report available on internet Voluntary euthanasia will probably be rejected once again in the Australian state of Tasmania. In May the leader of the Green...
German doctor on trial for killing 13 patients in 2003
She denies the deaths were murder A German doctor accused of the manslaughter of 13 patients has tearfully rejected the charges in her second trial....
Poll “shows” Quebec specialists favour euthanasia
But do they know what it is? A poll released this week claims that three-quarters of medical specialists in Québec are in favour of euthanasia....
Dementia should be treated as a terminal illness
Article in New England Journal of Medicine Is dementia a terminal illness? Yes, according to an article this week in the New England Journal of...
… but who decides what is terminal?
Dramatic case in UK But what can happen when dementia is treated as a terminal illness may not always please close family members, an article...
UK moves towards clarity on assisted suicide
Director of Public Prosecutions sets down conditionsBritons who want to help ill or dying loved-ones commit suicide find it easier now. The Director of Public...
Between life and death
Many doctors misdiagnose the so-called vegetative state. Few end-of-life decisions can be more heart-wrenching for relatives than assenting to a doctor’s recommendation that life support...