Is euthanasia the only way out if you can’t afford your medication?
A Belgian man with an orphan disease believes it is A Belgian man with a serious degenerative blood disease has told the media that he...
Vincent Lambert to die
France’s highest court rules that doctors can remove hydration and nutrition Vincent Lambert, the 42-year-old nurse who became a quadriplegic in a “vegetative state” in...
‘Tsunami’ of elderly and euthanasia are not a good mix, say Queensland doctors
The possibility increases pressure to take up the option With a “tsunami” of elderly patients with severe health problems approaching, Australians should not be legalising...
New Zealand edges toward euthanasia and assisted suicide
Prime Minister backs controversial bill Though still uncertain, voluntary euthanasia could be legalised in New Zealand this year. This week, a bill passed a second...
Victoria has launched “assisted dying”
Government describes its law as “the safest and most conservative in the world” A Melbourne tram passes Flinders Street station Euthanasia and assisted suicide became...
US doctors vote to oppose assisted suicide
The American Medical Association has quashed a bid to adopt ‘neutrality’. An AMA delegate explains why In a move which has global repercussions, the American...
Maine legalises assisted suicide
It is the ninth US jurisdiction to permit ‘medical aid in dying’ The US state of Maine has become the ninth jurisdiction to legalise physician-assisted...
Blue ribbon Canadian panel proposes guidelines for euthanasia and organ donation
Published in Canadian Medical Association Journal Interest in organ donation with euthanasia is growing in Canada. Although it is still not legal or approved by...
German nurse killed at least 85 patients
We may never know how many Niels Hoegel A former German nurse who liked to put patients into cardiac arrest because he enjoyed the feeling...
Assisted suicide could be legalised in Maine
The northeast state edges closer to legalising assisted suicide The Maine State House, in Augusta The state of Maine could be the next US jurisdiction...
On a mission from FEN: assisted dying outside the law
A common argument for the legalisation of assisted suicide is that it will stop people from helping spouses, relatives and friends to die illegally. It...
Furious debate in France over ending the life of brain-damaged man
The case of Vincent Lambert has split the nation In a case which has divided France as Terri Schiavo’s did in the US, a Frenchman...