Taking assisted suicide out of the criminal code in the Netherlands has created an “avalanche” of strict legal controls on how the Dutch can end their own lives with medical help, says a leading legal expert on euthanasia in Europe. Dutch doctors who carry out assisted suicide face a deluge of official reviews and investigations […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational) on Mar 4th, 2007
EIGHT out of 10 Australians believe the terminally ill should have a right to choose a medically assisted death, according to a new poll out today. The Newspoll research, conducted in February, found 80 per cent of adults surveyed supported the terminally ill’s right to voluntary euthanasia. Just 14 per cent were opposed and 6 […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational) on Feb 20th, 2007
Doctors no longer help terminally ill patients to enjoy a peaceful death because of the Harold Shipman case, according to a leading consultant. Speaking in Glasgow, Simon Kenwright, a semi-retired consultant gastroenteologist from East Kent hospital, said fears of prosecution are affecting patient treatment. In a lecture to 100 members of Friends at the end […]
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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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In the 25 months since it opened, more than half a million people have visited ERGO’s online bookstore (505,919 to be exact.) 2,439 have purchased books, ebooks, DVDs and VHS videos. Of those, 1,117 bought ‘Final Exit’ 3rd edition, paperback. Amazon.com Sales Rank of ‘Final Exit’ today: #14,364 in Books (out of 2 million volumes […]
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A year after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide law, lawmakers in Hawaii plan to examine the issue once again. The proposal to allow competent, terminally ill adults obtain a lethal dose of medication to end their lives will be heard by the House Health Committee. Just as with past proposals, the bill […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, Opinion Pieces, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Uncategorized on Jan 24th, 2007
Four out of five people in Britain believe the law should allow a doctor to end the life of a terminally ill patient who is in pain if they wish to die. In a finding confirming that British public opinion is at odds with the law, the British Social Attitudes Survey reveals strong support for […]
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The Dignitas clinic is in Forch, near Zurich, Switzerland, and therefore operates under Swiss law, which, since 1941, has permitted assisted suicide provided it is done for altruistic reasons. It can be doctor-assisted hastened death, or non-doctor. Assisted suicide for the mentally ill is legal but rare due to the difficulty in accurate diagnosis. It […]
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