Struggling woman with dementia euthanised in Netherlands
Regional review committee questions consent and coercion. A Dutch euthanasia doctor has been rebuked by a Regional Review Committee after she gave a lethal...
Nazi euthanasia victims honoured in Bundestag
Commemorating the 300,000 who died in Aktion T-4 On January 27, Germany’s Bundestag commemorated the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the inmates of Auschwitz...
Canadian bioethicists call for organ donor euthanasia
Safeguards would be needed Well, that didn’t take long. Euthanasia became legal in Canada in June and by December Quebec bioethicists had already published an...
Ohio makes assisted suicide a felony
It will be punishable by up to five years in prisonThe Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio While several states in the US have passed legislation...
Finland set to debate euthanasia
The Finnish Medical Association remains opposed A citizen's initiative to raise the issue of euthanasia in the Finnish Parliament (Eduskunta) has passed the requisite 50,000...
American Psychiatric Association takes historic stand on assisted suicide and euthanasia
Americans could put pressure on Netherlands and Belgium The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has taken a strong stand against euthanasia. In a formal position statement...
Euthanasia in Alberta seems to be accelerating
Nurses authorised to carry out euthanasia Expanding their skill set in Alberta Euthanasia in Canada is developing its own characteristics, some of which are...
Nitschke ramps up campaign for unrestricted suicide
A new group, Exit Action, will take “a militant pro-euthanasia position” Philip Nitschke is one of the world’s most famous Australians, although he has recently...
Victoria to debate assisted suicide
Labor government to introduce legislation in second half of next year The Labor Government of the Australian state of Victoria will introduce legislation into the...
Doctor and nurse turn killers in Italian hospital
Is this nightmarish melodrama relevant to euthanasia? Doctors and nurses are the most trusted professionals, according to a UK poll earlier this year, just ahead...
Interview: Philip Nitschke on life in the Netherlands
Dutch views on "completed life" sync with his notion of rational suicideLife on a Dutch houseboat Dr Philip Nitschke is probably the world’s best-known...
Doctors association refuses to back euthanasia in Australia
But insists that have they have "an ethical duty to care for dying patients so that death is allowed to occur in comfort and with...