Posted in Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Mercy Killing, Opinion Pieces, Publications/InternetMedia, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Uncategorized on Nov 22nd, 2006
What do you call death and an assisted death? By Derek Humphry Recent controversy in Oregon about the best term to describe how a doctor helps a terminally ill person to die under the Oregon Death With Dignity Act (1994) set me thinking about all the terms we use to describe ways of dying and […]
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You can find some interesting articles on this subject at this constantly-changing website: ERGO: www.assistedsuicide.org
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There are now two books on sale with remarkably similar and confusing titles: “Final Exits†and “Final Exit†But the subtitles should clarify that one is about the results of all manners of death, while the second is about achieving voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide: “Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die†by […]
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Belgium keeps tight reins on euthanasia legislation Belgium partially legalised euthanasia in 2002. The “act of ending the life of a person on the request of that person” is controlled by a commission that reviews patients and doctors declarations. During 2004 and 2005, according to the commission, 742 cases of legal euthanasia were reported – […]
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For those interested in reading about the subject of the right to choose to die when at life’s end, these sites offer some thought-provoking information 1. Eopinons 2. assistedsuicide.org
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As at pm on 7 Feb 06, the Dell paperback book “Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying” stood at number 7,190 in the sales chart of Amazon.com, out of their stock of over two million titles. This is the 3rd edition of a ‘how-to’ book which was a New […]
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