Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Nov 7th, 2015
The Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO) asks for your help only once a year Please consider making an end-of-year donation to ERGO for the upkeep of its news digest, its two web sites and blog. ERGO advises news media, does broadcasts, and talks daily with persons about their choice in dying problems. ERGO has […]
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BY FRANK KAVANAUGH, PH.D. After many teasers and disappointments for doctors and patients, an important change is in the cards. Medicare will start compensating physicians for end-of-life dialogues with their patients effective Jan. 1, 2016. No longer will these urgent appointments be scheduled under the guise of addressing some other issue. Without payment, doctors have […]
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Enlightenment: A palliative care centre in Sherbrooke, Quebec, is poised to become the first facility to provide access to doctor-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. The CEO of la Maison Aube-Lumière, Elizabeth Brière, said the centre will begin offering the service on Feb. 1, 2016, five days before the ban on doctor-assisted suicide is lifted […]
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