August 7, 2020
(MedPage Today) – Outcomes for recipients of livers deemed “marginal” have been improving over time, while it appears just as good for livers procured after euthanasia, two studies showed. Organs that fell into the 90th percentile on the Donor Risk … Read More
July 28, 2020
(Christianity Today) – The final legal arguments have been submitted to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on behalf of a Belgian man contesting the euthanasia of his mother in 2012. Godelieva de Troyer, 64, suffered depression but was physical … Read More
July 7, 2020
(ABC News) – The federal government launched a broad national campaign Tuesday aimed at reducing high suicide rates, urging the public to reach out to others, especially during the coronavirus pandemic, and acknowledge daily stresses in people’s lives.
June 30, 2020
(The Texan) – Michael Hickson, husband to Melissa and father of five children, died at age 46 on Thursday, June 11 at St. David’s South Austin Medical Center after the hospital withheld treatment from him, including hydration and nutrition, for … Read More
June 16, 2020
(Dutch News) -The doctor who was cleared of murder for carrying out euthanasia for a seriously demented woman has for the first time given an interview on what she did – and why she would do it again. Marinou Arends, … Read More
June 3, 2020
(STAT News) – A large new study confirms what mental health experts and those who research firearms have known for some time: Owning a handgun vastly increases one’s risk of suicide. The research, published Wednesday in the New England Journal … Read More
June 1, 2020
(Sydney Morning Herald) – At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, Melbourne oncologist Cameron McLaren, received as many as four calls a week from terminally people wanting to obtain a permit for a cocktail of government-endorsed lethal drugs. … Read More
May 21, 2020
(CNN) – More than 151,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, alcohol and suicide combined in 2018, slightly lower than the overall numbers in 2017, and leveling off for the first time in two decades, according to a new study. But … Read More
May 1, 2020
(Scientific American) – Gillis had not been a fan of the euthanasia law, but when he learned he could combine MAID with a plan to donate organs, “he was ecstatic,” Gregoire says. “His attitude was, ‘ALS, you can’t take this … Read More
April 30, 2020
(STAT News) – The U.S. entered a grim new chapter in the coronavirus saga with the recent deaths by suicide of two health care workers on the frontlines of the fight against Covid-19 in New York City: emergency medical technician … Read More
