Shuffling off this mortal coil is not always pleasant
The dying process is an under-examined aspect of euthanasia and assisted suicide. Most people assume that it is swift and painless, but this is not...
Belgian euthanasia is broken, says academic study
Every once in a while, a bioethics article appears which is so powerful an indictment of injustice that it sends shivers up the spines of...
Disabled groups attack liberalizing euthanasia in Canada
Lobby groups for Canadians with disabilities are working hard to defeat a bill broadening the scope of euthanasia legislation. Under the current legislation, although some...
Belgium’s euthanasia law under fire in European Court of Human Rights
The case of Godelieva de Troyer shows the entrenched conflict of interest in Belgian euthanasiaGodelieva de Troyer On April 19, 2012, a 64-year-old Belgian woman...
Philip Nitschke’s new suicide-enabling invention
Inspired by the adventures of a South Korean spy Over the past couple of years, the world’s media has been agog at Sarco (short for...
Assisted suicide makes good economic sense, argue Scottish academics
A new study in the journal Clinical Ethics claims that permitting assisted dying would substantially benefit both those seeking assisted suicide and the public. Two...
Is the NEJM pushing organ donation after euthanasia?
We need a debate, suggests a recent article The latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine contains an engaging appeal to consider the...
Dramatic euthanasia trial ends in acquittal for all three Belgian doctors
Courtroom erupts with applause Three Belgian doctors charged with unlawful euthanasia in a landmark trial were acquitted in the wee hours of Friday morning. When...
More about Belgium’s euthanasia trial
Belgium's historic trial of three doctors for illegally killing a mentally ill woman in 2010 gives a glimpse of what's going on backstage in its...
Belgian trial is unveiling dark back story to euthanasia death of Tine Nys
Sadder and more complicated The three doctors on trial / Belga The criminal trial of three Belgian doctors for assisting in an allegedly illegal euthanasia...
Historic first trial of euthanasia doctors begins in Belgium
A death in 2010 finally comes to court Tine Nys (centre) with her two sisters Next Tuesday commences an historic trial in Belgium – the...
Canada becomes world leader in organ donation after euthanasia
Although Canada was a late starter in legalising euthanasia (or Medical Aid in Dying) in 2016, more than a decade after Belgium and the Netherlands,...