Death row donation in Singapore
Retail magnate gets kidney An ailing Singapore retail magnate has a new lease on life after an executed Triad boss donated his kidney. Tang Wee...
“Wicked doctors” refuse to help aged commit suicide, says Warnock
"What is the point of the life at the last stages of Alzheimer's or dementia? The controversial Baroness Mary Warnock, the UK’s most prominent bioethicist,...
Indian state of Kerala may debate euthanasia
Proposed by law reform commission A law reform commission in the Indian state of Kerala has recommended the legalisation of euthanasia and assisted suicide. “Life...
Scottish MP proposes euthanasia right for 12-year-olds
Based on age when kids choose which divorced parent to live with Children'sautonomy is a tricky issue. When can they give informed consent tohaving an...
Nitschke criticised for “cruel insensitivity”
But he says that he is being smeared Australian Euthanasia activist Dr Philip Nitschke has shrugged off responsibility for the death of a 39-year-old mother...
Let’s think about euthanasia, says UK’s new old people’s tsar
"The thinking man’s crumpet" wants to celebrate achievements of elderlyDubbed "the thinking man's crumpet" in the 60s, 75-year-old broadcaster Dame Joan Bakewell, as famous for...
British teen refuses heart transplant
"I'm going to die, but I also know what's best for me."A British hospital has given up its attempt to force a 13-year-old girl to...
Some Washington hospitals resist assisted suicide
In the wake of the election day referendum Some hospitals in the American state of Washington have declared that they will not allow assisted suicide,...
Singapore debates euthanasia
Health minister sparks controversyWill Singapore become the first Asian country to legalise euthanasia? After a speech by health minister Khaw Boon Wan a month ago...
Assisted suicide passes in Washington
Second US state to pass controversial law The cause of assisted suicide made a significant breakthrough this week when voters in the northwest state of...
Women overrepresented as clients of Swiss suicide groups
Older people more often just weary of life rather than ill Two-thirds of assisted-suicide cases in Switzerland are women, according to a recent study of...
Swiss suicide clinic attracting Britons
British woman loses bid to allow her husband to help her commit suicide A British woman dying of multiple sclerosis has lost her bid for...