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Monthly Archive for December, 2008

The Adelaide Advertiser in Australia reported that a euthanasia method using a readily available gas was launched at a workshop in its city.  More than 80 people – mostly elderly – gathered at Fullerton Community Centre as Dr Philip Nitschke outlined methods to enable a reliable and quick death. This newspaper article stopped short of […]

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Take a look at this elegant web site by French choice-in-dying activist Jacqueline Jencquel, which is full — in two languages — of news, plus sharp pictures which load quickly. http://www.jacquelinejencquel.com —Derek Humphry 12/13/08

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It is interesting to note that two of the most influential voices in British publishing have — in editorials — demanded that something be done about the archaic laws on assisted suicide prevailing in Britain: THE TIMES  and the ECONOMIST have now spoken out; perhaps others will follow. It chanced that I first raised the issue of […]

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There is no lawful medical assisted suicide in Sweden and Denmark, as some people seem to think, writes Derek Humphry.  It’s a common myth. Voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide, by doctors only under strict guidelines, is available to dying residents in the Netherlands and Belgium, and soon also to be in Luxembourg.  Foreigners cannot use […]

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