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Disturbing profile of George Exoo A disturbing profile in the Guardian of the one leading lights of the right-to-die movement, the Rev. George Exoo, shows...

Why is Melbourne so gloomy? One of the most depressing films you could possibly see is On the Beach, a 1959 Hollywood melodrama with Gregory...

"Unheard of", says researcherNo statistic symbolises the metronomic onwards-and-upwards tramp of progress than ever-increasing life expectancy. So it has come as a shock to Americans...

Former Brisbane mayor fills war chest Australian activist Dr Philip Nitschke has A$5 million in his war chest after a bequest from a recently deceased...

Disfigured woman refused medical treatment The suicide of Chantal Sébire, a retired 53-year-old French teacher with three children, has created a tsunami of sympathy for...

Over-prescription is abuse of human rights, says MP More than 23,000 British Alzheimer’s patients may be dying because they are given anti-psychotic drugs with serious...

Not sure, but sure sounds like a nice idea Bioethics is not a major issue in this year’s presidential contest. But when candidates are campaigning...

New survey shows that 1 in 8 are involved The Dutch have a law which regulates voluntary euthanasia, but studies regularly show that many doctors...

And Belgium's leading novelist dies after euthanasia The fragile unity of Belgium’s new coalition government is being threatened by a debate over euthanasia. The leader...

Groningen protocol works well in the Netherlands Infanticide is not a practice that has taken off in most paediatric wards. However, in the Netherlands it...

Dignitas staff busy in new accommodation A long search for a new home after being evicted from its former premises has ended happily for Switzerland's...

Speaking engagement earns him $50,000 Jack Kevorkian, the Michigan doctor who has admitted helping at least 130 people to die, plans to run for a...