Kin often hint at withdrawal of medication
They bear the pain and wait for death. At times, they decide their fate. Some times doctors and families decide it is time for them to go. Even as the Supreme Court has invited states to deliberate on...
View ArticleWhy Assisted Suicide Laws are More Dangerous Than People Acknowledge
The story about Brittany Maynard, who on Sunday died under Oregon’s assisted suicide program, dominated American news for the last month. As former New England Journal of Medicine editor and leading...
View ArticleBrittany Maynard and the Search for Better End-of-Life Care in the U.S.
Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old newlywed with an incurable brain tumor, chose to die with dignity at her home in Oregon this weekend. The manner of her death and her public discussion of her decisions...
View ArticleU.K. Courts Grant Mother Right to End Her 12-Year-Old Disabled Daughter’s Life
A British mother was granted the right to end her disabled daughter’s life by withdrawing her feeding tube. Supporters say the girl is no longer in pain, while critics say she was killed for being...
View Article5 Things Brittany Maynard's Example Teaches Us
WASHINGTON (RNS) Brittany Maynard’s decision to die soon by a legal, lethal prescription, rather than let a brain tumor kill her, has provoked a national conversation and debate about end-of-life...
View ArticleEuthanasia: A question of trust
Medical dilemma: Dr Janey Sklovsky believes the law prevented her from carrying out her mother's wish to die with dignity. Photo: Chris Hopkins Shortly after Janey Sklovsky's mother took her last...
View ArticleRight-to-die? Death with dignity? Catholic Church says no
A proposal to allow people to end their own lives legally in cases of terminal illness is sparking debate in Harrisburg. On Tuesday, Bishop David Zubik told Channel 11’s Alan Jennings that the Catholic...
View ArticleLife not death: Why euthanasia and assisted suicide must be prohibited
MONTREAL, Nov. 20, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - On November 6, 2014, an educational dinner conference entitled "Life is Beautiful" was sponsored by the Coalition of Physicians for Social Justice. Several...
View Article/R E P E A T -- Life not death: Why euthanasia and assisted suicide ...
MONTREAL, Nov. 20, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - On November 6, 2014, an educational dinner conference entitled "Life is Beautiful" was sponsored by the Coalition of Physicians for Social Justice. Several...
View ArticleAnger over Key's euthanasia comments
Medical specialists who care for the terminally ill are angered by Prime Minister John Key's comments that euthanasia already effectively happens in hospitals regularly. Mr Key made the comment on...
View Article‘Forcing ventilator on dying is assault’
Taking the right call on an end-of-life decision is vital to provide relief to terminally-ill patients with no hope of recovery so that scarce resources are diverted to those who can be saved, says...
View ArticlePM's 'misguided' euthanasia views anger palliative care specialists
Medical specialists who care for the terminally ill are angered by Prime Minister John Key's comments that euthanasia already effectively happens in hospitals regularly. Mr Key made the comment on...
View ArticleGood Death vs. Doctor Knows Best
Barbara Coombs Lee, the sharp and articulate president of Compassion & Choices, spoke to the issue of death with dignity on PBS NewsHour October 14, with opposing views presented by Ira Byock,...
View ArticleAppeals court rules on state doctors' obligations
The government has no constitutional obligation to provide health care to patients in state doctors' care, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. Disability Rights Wisconsin filed a lawsuit in May 2009...
View ArticleProxy euthanasia common in India
NEW DELHI: Law or no law, euthanasia in a surrogate form is practised in India. Instances of doctors scaling down medical intervention where patients have no chance of recovery aren't unheard of. Such...
View ArticleBelgium on track to allow child euthanasia
Jutte van der Werff Ten Bosch has already had the talk with her 10-year-old son. Several times, in fact. No, not the sex talk. The euthanasia talk. ''Even if he said, 'I want to die', I'd support...
View ArticleQuebec Euthanasia Bill Violates International Law - Remedial action requested...
Download image 16 year old Nadine is happy to be alive after surviving leukemia and a bone marrow transplant. She is grateful for the love and support of her mother Claude. Both oppose Quebec's...
View ArticleQuebec Euthanasia Bill Violates International Law - Remedial action requested...
MONTREAL, Feb. 17, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - Quebec's proposed law on euthanasia will allow a lethal substance to be injected into an adult person at "the end of life" (which is not defined in the proposed...
View ArticleFrance wants to legalize terminal sedation
Published December 15, 2014Associated Press Facebook0 Twitter0 Email Print Senior woman visiting with her doctor or caregiver (iStock) PARIS – France's president wants to allow doctors to keep...
View Article/R E P E A T -- Quebec Euthanasia Bill Violates International Law - Remedial ...
MONTREAL, Feb. 17, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - Quebec's proposed law on euthanasia will allow a lethal substance to be injected into an adult person at "the end of life" (which is not defined in the proposed...
View ArticleQuebec doctors unite against medical aid in dying
A growing group of doctors are speaking out against medical aid in dying, as Quebec moves forward with the process of drafting its controversial "dying with dignity" legislation. The man known as the...
View ArticleQuebec doctors unite agaist medical aid in dying
A growing group of doctors are speaking out against medical aid in dying, as Quebec moves forward with the process of drafting its controversial "dying with dignity" legislation. The man known as the...
View ArticleFroma Harrop commentary: Death With Dignity laws help to make the slope less...
The story of Brittany Maynard has revived the debate over Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act. The law lets terminally ill patients end their lives with the aid of a doctor. That Maynard is a pretty...
View ArticleWhat is euthanasia? Is it the same as physician-assisted suicide?
What is euthanasia? In humans euthanasia is the induction of death in a person who has a terminal illness. This act is also known as a mercy killing because it is assumed to be committed as an act of...
View ArticleCourt in France says end life support for tetraplegic
France's highest court, the Council of State, has ruled in favour of ending life support for a man who has remained in a vegetative state for six years. Vincent Lambert, 39, was left a tetraplegic...
View ArticleTo End Our Days (The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)
(Source: The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life) In recent years, questions concerning the end of life have become the subject of intense public debate and disagreement. Legislatures and courts,...
View ArticleEuropean rights court: Keep tetraplegic on life support
The European Court of Human Rights says French doctors must keep treating a man who has been in a coma for six years. Vincent Lambert, 39, was left a tetraplegic after a motorcycle accident. His family...
View ArticleDeath with dignity bills heading toward Diet
It was 2 a.m. when Chiaki rushed to the hospital to see her 63-year-old father, who had collapsed from a ruptured aortic aneurysm. Six hours after surgery, the doctor told her and her mother that he...
View ArticleA Point of View: The biggest decision
A personal essay by the writer Will Self arguing that we should accept the right of people nearing the end of their lives, to take matters into their own hands if they wish. This may seem rather...
View ArticleCalifornia should revive right-to-die legislation
California last considered right-to-die legislation in 2007. But now, the case of Brittany Maynard, a Californian who moved to Oregon so that she could painlessly end her life, may help persuade the...
View ArticleLiverpool Care Pathway: A way of death worth fighting for?
It was developed as a measure to help ease the suffering of the dying. Instead it is alleged to have introduced “backdoor euthanasia” into the NHS, leading to the early deaths of tens of thousands of...
View ArticleCharlotte Fitzmaurice Wise wins right to end daughter Nancy’s life
A 324-WORD statement convinced a High Court judge in the UK to create legal history and grant a mother the right to terminate her severely disabled daughter’s life. Nancy Fitzmaurice, born blind with...
View ArticleEuthanasia and assisted suicide laws around the world
On Friday the House of Lords will debate a bill on assisted dying. See how other countries have legislated on the issue ...
View ArticleDYING WISH Arunabha Sengupta The acquittal of the former doctor, Nicolas...
The acquittal of the former doctor, Nicolas Bonnemaison, by a court in the French town of Pau recently garnered great media attention. He was accused of having murdered seven terminally ill patients by...
View ArticleFrench doctor acquitted of 'mercy killing' charges
A French doctor has been acquitted of poisoning charges after giving lethal injections to help seven of his terminally ill patients die. Lawyers for doctor Nicolas Bonnemaison hailed the decision,...
View Article‘Babies don’t need to die like this’: The argument for child euthanasia
Mementos of Ella-Louise’s short life fill a cosy corner of the Van Roy household. There are tiny footprints in messy paint; framed photographs of the baby girl with a proud older brother; paper...
View ArticleAssisted suicide: New Mexico court asked to redefine the term
Aja Riggs battles her cancer, but she's realistic The question before the court in New Mexico is absurdly simple and yet impossibly complex. What is the meaning of "assisting suicide"? If a terminally...
View ArticleAnti-euthanasia doctors hostile to Quebec's assisted suicide bill
Quebec's bill to legalize medically assisted suicide has the support of all four parties in the province's national assembly. However, support for Bill 52 is far from unanimous, especially among...
View ArticleStopping fluids at the end of life: a dilemma not just for Kasemâs family
By Randi Belisomo NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In the family disputes that surrounded American radio icon Casey Kasemâs last weeks of life, his daughterâs decision to carry out Kasemâs wish - to...
View ArticleReligious Groups’ Views on End-of-Life Issues (The Pew Forum on Religion &...
(Source: The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life) In the following summaries, religious leaders, scholars and ethicists from 16 major American religious groups explain how their faith traditions'...
View ArticleFIRST OPINION: Finding a path to dignity in death
Related articles VITAL SIGNS: ‘A human right: choosing death with dignity over a life in pain’ VITAL SIGNS: Lessons in the art of living a stress-free life PALLIATIVE MEDICINE: To die for — quality of...
View ArticleSome families would consider terminal sedation for brain injured relatives in...
(Source: University of York) Posted on 15 January 2014 The families of some very severely brain injured patients believe that once all treatment options are exhausted, allowing their relatives to die...
View ArticleStopping fluids at the end of life: a dilemma not just for Kasem’s family
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In the family disputes that surrounded American radio icon Casey Kasem’s last weeks of life, his daughter’s decision to carry out Kasem’s wish - to suspend artificial...
View ArticleEnd of life distinct from euthanasia, experts say
NEW DELHI: The Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM) and Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC) on Saturday clarified that end of life (EOL) was distinct from 'euthanasia' and the two...
View ArticleTerms and Definitions (The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)
(Source: The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life) November 21, 2013 Terms and Definitions Aid-in-dying and physician-assisted-suicide laws State laws making it legal for a physician to prescribe...
View ArticleHuman Euthanasia, The Debate: The Arguments for Both Sides
Human euthanasia is an emotionally charged subject for those who argue for and those who argue against. Arguments supporting euthanasia include ending suffering, freedom of choice to decide how and...
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