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Monthly Archive for July, 2006

It is apparent that the debate over doctor-assisted suicide for the terminally ill is going to re-open in Canada. The Sun newspaper in Edmonton just reported as follows: A private member’s bill from Bloc Quebecois MP Francine Lalonde had thrust the controversial issue onto the parliamentary agenda, but the federal election temporarily swept it off […]

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My comment re the doctor and two nurses charged with murder in New Orleans after the hurricane: It is my opinion that sometimes, in the harsh, real world in which we can find ourselves, so-called mercy killing is justifiable. Sometimes. It seems to me that this New Orleans hospital medical team was placed in a […]

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Neal Nicol writes:- My biography of Dr. Jack Kevorkian is finally available. Books were delivered to bookstores in the US and Canada on July 5th, and are available through Barnes & Noble. Also, U of Wisconsin Press is offering a special discount on the book if you order direct from them. Jack is 78, in […]

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New books recently received at ERGO: UNPLUGGED: Reclaiming our right to die in America. By William H Colby, attorney. ISBN 9780814408827. Hardcover. AMACOM, NY. $24.95 US. BETWEEN THE DYING AND THE DEAD: Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s life and the battle to legalize euthanasia. by Neal Nicol and Harry Wylie. ISBN 0299217108. Hardcover. Terrace Books, Madison, Wisconsin. […]

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The Los Angeles Times printed the following thoughtful article on friends helping each other to die. It has also been syndicated to many other newspapers. At death’s window – June 25, 2006 By Anne Lamott / Anne Lamott is a novelist and essayist. Her latest book is “Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith,” recently released […]

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By telephone from his prison in Michigan, Dr. Jack Kevorkian told the Los Angeles Times:- Do you have any regrets about what you did? Yes, I should’ve worked for a change in the law instead. You’ve said recently that if you are released, you will no longer break the law. Does that mean that you’ve […]

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