50 or 60 Belgian patients euthanased annually for psychiatric reasons
Dr Wim Distelmans explains their misery. At least 50 patients are euthanased each year for purely psychiatric reasons, says the leading figure in Belgian euthanasia,...
Euthanasia on the rise in Flanders region
Almost one in 20 people in northern Belgium died using euthanasia in 2013. Almost one in 20 people in northern Belgium died using euthanasia in...
Gray Lady gives two cheers for euthanasia
NYTimes highlights anger of Diana Rehm. The New York Times is edging to a cautious endorsement of euthanasia and assisted suicide. In an editorial this...
Fake Australian doctor runs IVF clinic for more than 10 years
Australian health authorities are investigating an Italian man who practiced as a gynaecologist and IVF expert in Melbourne for more than a decade. A dispatch...
Organ trafficking in UK on the rise
A number of cases of organ trafficking have been reported in the UK. Organ trafficking is often though to be a phenomenon of the developing...
France divided over deep sleep bill
France is set to debate a bill that would legalise terminal sedation. France’s parliament is set to debate a ‘deep sleep’ bill which, if passed, will...
The bright side of Ebola
Does Ebola have a silver lining? According to the latest figures from the World Health Organization, 9,976 people have died of the disease since last...
UK woman wins right to refuse life-saving amputation
No treatment without consent, says judge. A dramatic example of the prominence of informed consent in medico-legal comes from Britain. A 62-year-old woman who...
Swiss assisted suicide group notches up 27% rise in deaths
Exit for German speakers hope to have a quarter of a million members in 10 years. NOTE: an earlier version of this story exaggerated the...
Terry Pratchett, novelist, Alzheimer’s campaigner and star euthanasia promoter, dies
But not from assisted suicide. British fantasy writer and star campaigner for assisted suicide Sir Terry Pratchett died this week a natural death surrounded by...
Ebola’s wake-up call
Globalisation gives the discovery of vaccines for neglected diseases new urgency. Is there a silver lining to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa which has...
Nitschke’s campaign for re-registration falters
Now he has been expelled from the Australian Medical Association. Australian euthanasia activist Philip Nitschke is sailing against the wind in his campaign to regain...