Dr Iain Kerr, a family doctor in Glasgow, UK, was found guilty of misconduct after prescribing the pills to an elderly patient with osteoporosis, who went on kill herself using other drugs. On July 24, 2008 the General Medical Council (GMC) suspended the 61-year-old from practising medicine for six months after a two-week hearing in […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational), Uncategorized on Jul 24th, 2008
Derek Humphry, journalist and author, founder of the Hemlock Society USA, has written a memoir of his life in England during World War 11, his career in journalism on the London Sunday Times and the Los Angeles Times, and how he came to launch Hemlock. Author of five books on euthanasia, this is a gutsy […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Final Exit, Mercy Killing, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Uncategorized on Jul 22nd, 2008
It is not unusual for families to face a huge dilemma over whether to help a loved one die, be it in terminal illness, degenerative conditions, or simply unbearable, extreme old age. Who amongst us will pull the plug? Who will take the responsibility of even being present in moral support? I have read in […]
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More than half of Americans would rather die than live with a severe disability, according to a survey, Reuters reports. In the online poll commissioned by Disaboom, a Web site and social network for people affected by disabilities, 52 percent of the 1,000 “nationally represented” adults chose death over losing the ability to live an […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jul 7th, 2008
The Swiss Cabinet is set to clarify whether the rules for Switzerland’s assisted suicide organisations need to be updated. In particular, it will look at issues relating to the care, counselling and documentation that euthanasia groups provide people seeking to end their lives. It will also discuss whether groups should be permitted to help healthy […]
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Supporters of a so-called “Death With Dignity” initiative turned in an estimated 320,000 signatures on July 1, 2008, to the Secretary of State’s Office, virtually guaranteeing that Initiative 1000 will be on the November ballot in Washington State, USA. If passed, it would permit physician-assisted suicide for dying adults who are residents and meet the […]
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