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, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Apr 6th, 2007
USA Today, Thu, 05 Apr 2007 3:08 PM PDT Excerpt from ‘Final Exit’ http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/excerpts/2007-04-05-final-exit_N.htm?csp=34 Author: Derek Humphry
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Apr 5th, 2007
To Die Well Your Right to Comfort, Calm, and Choice in the Last Days of Life By Sidney Wanzer, M.D. and Joseph Glenmullen, M.D. Price: $24.00 / £14.50 / $29.00 CAN Published by Da Capo Press Available wherever books are sold including Amazon.com. Orders may also be placed through the Publisher by calling 1-800-343-4499. Description: […]
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Fest Marks Film’s Hollywood Premiere Event to Take Place August 10-12, 2007 at Cinespace, Digital Superclub — The organizers of HollyShorts announce that the acclaimed short film “Euthanasia,†directed by Actor/Director Adrian Grenier (HBO’s “Entourageâ€) will have its Hollywood premiere as the official opening short film at the third annual HollyShorts, Short Film Festival, which […]
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An Italian doctor at the center of a national debate over euthanasia said on Monday he was being investigated for “consensual murder” by a Rome judge for switching off the life support of a terminally-ill patient. Anaesthetist Mario Riccio divided Roman Catholic Italy in December when he removed the respirator of a paralyzed muscular dystrophy […]
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A NEW WAY TO SECURE THE RIGHT TO DIE: LAWS AGAINST CAUSING PREMATURE DEATH SYNOPSIS: Most recent attempts to secure the right to die have focused on adding provisions to the health-care sections of our laws so that physicians could prescribe life-ending drugs to be taken by the patient when he or she chooses to […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Opinion Pieces, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, Suicide (rational) on Mar 31st, 2007
The Daily Herald in Utah posed this question: Should the state allow an inmate to waive his death sentence appeals because he is chronically ill and wants to end his misery, as in assisted suicide? U.S. District Judge Tena Campbell was confronted with that question when Ronnie Lee Gardner said he is suffering too much […]
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From the 2006 annual report of Compassion and Choices of Oregon:- 2006 Summary of deceased clients “Compassion and Choices of Oregon continued its role as the steward of Oregon’s unique aid-in-dying law. We served more than 140 clients during the year, 117 of whom died peacefully and humanely in great part because of our volunteers’ […]
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The Vermont House voted down an initiative Wednesday that would have given terminally ill patients the ability to hasten their deaths with the help of a physician. After nearly four hours of sometimes emotional debate on the issue, members of the House voted 82-63 against the proposal. “In my view, (the bill) goes too far […]
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