Will assisted suicide always provide a quick and gentle death?
No, sorry, not alwaysThe gold standard for human experimentation is a randomly-assigned double-blind placebo-controlled study. Unfortunately, organising such a study to assess the effectiveness of...
Children can write their own advance care directives in Victoria
As long as they are competent, their requests will be bindingIn a world first, the Australian state of Victoria is allowing children of any age...
US Congress ponders assisted suicide
Opponents are trying to drum up support for a resolutionA resolution condemning assisted suicide has been introduced into the US House of Representatives. Both sides...
40 years after, Scottish mother still mourns the son a hospital stole from her
Body used for tissue samples or organsForty years later, a Scottish mother is still mourning her son who died at 7 days. The death of...
Major US doctors group opposes physician-assisted suicide
The American College of Physicians, the second-largest physician group in the US, sends a resounding No.The American College of Physicians, the second-largest physician group in...
20 years of assisted suicide in Oregon
The main reason for requesting aid in dying, overwhelmingly, is lack of autonomyOregon’s Death With Dignity Act (DWDA) is the benchmark for proposals for assisted...
Assisted suicide debated in Australia
Two states introduced bills this weekWhile currently overshadowed by an even more contentious debate over same-sex marriage, proposals for legalising assisted suicide are bubbling away...
Only 2 children euthanised in 3 years in Belgium
Head of euthanasia commission releases statisticsThe news that the Belgian parliament had legalised euthanasia for children under 18 made news around the world in 2014....
Is fear of being a burden a good reason for assisted suicide?
A British ethicist says No. In Oregon, 48.9% of patients who ended their lives under the state’s assisted suicide act said that fear of being...
US jails: doctors should support compassionate release, say ethicists
What about the human dignity of prisoners?Compassion release of prisoners who are suffering from terminal illnesses or dementia is a controversial topic in the United...
Nurse may have killed at least 90 in German nursing homes
The real dimension of the killings by Niels Högel is likely many times worse, say policeNiels Högel / EuroNews A male nurse may have...
Dancing with the star: suicide enthusiasts celebrate Nitschke’s 70th birthday
... not long after a triple suicide inspired by Exit International, his organisationAustralian euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke has a knack for public relations. To celebrate...