July 16, 2019
(The Guardian) – What’s the difference between euthanasia, assisted dying and assisted suicide? “The main difference between euthanasia and assisted suicide is who performs the final, fatal act,” said Richard Huxtable, professor of medical ethics and law at the University … Read More
July 12, 2019
(BBC) – A quadriplegic man, who became a symbol of the right-to-die debate in France, has died after doctors removed his feeding tubes, his family says. Vincent Lambert, 42, had been in a persistent vegetative state since a motorcycle accident … Read More
July 9, 2019
(New York Times) – On Aug. 1, New Jersey will become the eighth state to allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients who want to end their lives. On Sept. 15, Maine will become the ninth. So … Read More
July 3, 2019
(Australia Broadcasting Co) – A Canberra man who helped his partner die says he is “relieved” and “grateful” that assisted suicide charges against him were dropped, after prosecutors decided it was not in the public interest to prosecute him for … Read More
July 3, 2019
(MedPage Today) – Just as organs harvested after a fatal drug overdose can often be safely transplanted, so may livers taken from individuals undergoing physician-assisted suicide, Belgian researchers reported in a JAMA research letter. In a retrospective single-center review, Diethard … Read More
July 1, 2019
(Reuters) – The mother of a quadriplegic French man who has been in a vegetative state for more than a decade brought her case to the United Nations on Monday, seeking diplomatic pressure for maintaining his life support. France’s top … Read More
June 25, 2019
(Kaiser Health News) – A Kaiser Health News investigation in April found that older Americans — a few hundred per year, at least — are killing themselves while living in or transitioning to long-term care. Many cases KHN reviewed involved … Read More
June 24, 2019
(The Guardian) – Three euthanasia cases involving women with psychiatric conditions and dementia are under investigation in the Netherlands, the Observer can reveal. Prosecutors confirmed that the deaths, in 2017 and 2018, were being investigated for potentially breaching strict conditions … Read More
June 20, 2019
(New York Post) – Terminally ill Australians will be able to end their lives with the help of a doctor after the state of Victoria passed historic assisted dying legislation. Under the new law — a first for Australia — … Read More
June 19, 2019
(BBC) – South Africa’s leading pro-euthanasia activist is to serve three years under house arrest after he was found guilty of premeditated murder for helping three people to kill themselves. Sean Davison was arrested in September last year in connection … Read More
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