Posted in Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Euthanasia, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jun 24th, 2007
In an 18 June 2007 interview with the German newspaper “TAZâ€, Dr Uwe-Christian Arnold, a German urologist has openly come out and declared that he not only supports the concept of PAS (physician-assisted suicide) but that he has indeed practiced it, and intends to continue doing so in cases where certain eligibility criteria have been […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, Opinion Pieces, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, Suicide (rational) on Jun 6th, 2007
Welcome Back Dr. Kevorkian In a June 1st MSNBC editorial, Arthur Caplan, a bioethicist at the University of Pennsylvania, called Dr. Jack Kevorkian a “dangerous killer.” Melody Youk, wife of Thomas Youk, whose Kevorkian-assisted suicide was broadcast on “60 Minutes,” said, “I don’t consider it murder. I consider it humane.” Youk’s mother and brothers agree. […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Mercy Killing, Opinion Pieces, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on May 31st, 2007
By Derek Humphry The release of Dr Jack Kevorkian is welcome news. He has suffered the eight years of imprisonment with calm and fortitude and deserves a peaceful retirement. But the thought he might have any influence on further developments does not make any sense. And while we are currently among the media circus surrounding […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance on May 4th, 2007
The paperback ‘how-to’ book ‘Final Exit’ received both an honor and a blow during April 2007. First, the editors and book critics of the American national newspaper, USA TODAY, selected Derek Humphry’s book as one of the 25 most memorable books of the last quarter century.* Then Google Adwords, the search engine giant’s advertising unit, […]
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According to a study by INED (National Institute for Demographic Studies), between a quarter and a half of deaths in Europe will have followed a medical intervention, which could have shortened life. Carried out in Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland in 2001/2 this study shows that these deaths, all of which concerned only the […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Apr 15th, 2007
The American national newspaper, USA Today, carried the following article on 14 April 2007:- 25 Memorable Books USA Today 25 Memorable Books *25 Books that leave a legacy* Books tell a story about our reading preferences, certainly, but also about what’s happening in our world. USA TODAY’s book editors and critics chose 25 titles that […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Apr 9th, 2007
The Worldwide Quest For The Peaceful Pill For many years there has been an urban myth that there exists a little red pill which, when swallowed, brings instant death, thus wonderfully relieving the sufferer from further pain. I have had requests for it scores of times from folk who genuinely believed such a fatal capsule […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Opinion Pieces, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News on Apr 7th, 2007
ONE in five people will die a “shameful death” alone, ravaged by dementia and without dignity, new British research claims. A book by sociology professor Allan Kellehear, A Social History Of Dying, argues this kind of death would be considered “shameful†by previous generations. In a bleak portrait of death in the 21st century, the […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Feb 14th, 2007
A CAUTIONARY NOTE TO OUR MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS FROM ERGO (Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization) “The Peaceful Pill Handbook” By Dr. Philip Nitschke & Dr. Fiona Stewart To avoid any possible misunderstanding about this new book, our supporters should note that there is no such single unit as a ‘peaceful pill’ described in the book, […]
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SHOULD PEOPLE HAVE THE CHOICE TO END THEIR LIVES? “End of Life: Exploring Death in America.” Developed in conjunction with a series produced by National Public Radio. This web site contains an extraordinary range of material about dying and death, including stories submitted by ordinary people about experiences with their own life-threatening illnesses as well […]
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