Life is good, says woman who asked for euthanasia
Indian woman more positive after surgery An woman who once petitioned the President of India to grant her request for euthanasia has recovered enough to...
Fear of a lonely end drives healthy German woman to suicide
Older Germans terrified of nursing homes A healthy 79-year-old German woman has committed suicide with the assistance of a former Hamburg government official who advertises...
Dutch Medical Association promotes suicide book
Sold over internet for people who are not terminally ill Sites which provide suicide information on the internet are banned in some countries. But in...
Canadian doctors resign rather than treat man on life support
Complaints that hospital care costs too much money Three doctors have resigned from a Winnipeg hospital rather than keep alive an 84-year-old Jewish man who...
California euthanasia lobby scores victory
Bill passed to inform dying patients of “options” California’s euthanasia lobby scored a victory in late May when the lower house in the state legislature...
Disability activist and foe of Peter Singer passes away
Harriet McBryde Johnson broke conventions Harriet McBryde Johnson, a disability activist who was a prominent foe of bioethicist Peter Singer, has passed away at the...
Swiss group has helped almost 900 to die in 10 years
Interview with Ludwig A. Minelli in Le MondeDignitas, the Swiss assisted suicide group, has helped nearly 900 people to die since its foundation ten years,...
Last iron lung polio patient dies
Dianne Odell spent 58 years in machine Although Aussies have some outrageous slang, one of the most offensive must be “he’s so lazy he wouldn’t...
Tijuana: gateway to paradise
Australian euthanasia activists search for banned drugsPerched on the border of Mexico and the United States, Tijuana is major drug hub for exporting cocaine to...
Pull plug on “unresponsive” patients, says Australian committee
Leaked report makes radical suggestion An Australian government ethics committee will recommend that people let their “unresponsive” loved ones die if medical treatment is costly...
Coma woman wakes up
After 17 hours without brain wavesOn Friday, May 16, West Virginia woman Val Thomas had two heart attacks. For more than 17 hours she had...
Which is futile, a patient’s care or his life?
Case of disabled girl raises questions about Texas law When disaster strikes, a Texas hospital may not be the best place for a seriously ill...
