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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Dr Jack Kevorkian will be paroled,says the Detroit News Convicted suicide doctor Jack Kevorkian will be paroled on June 1, state officials and his lawyer confirmed today. Mayer (Mike) Morganroth, Kevorkian’s Southfield attorney, said a three-member parole board panel unanimously granted Kevorkian parole after a hearing at Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater last Thursday. “He’s […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Mercy Killing, Opinion Pieces, Publications/InternetMedia, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Uncategorized on Nov 22nd, 2006
What do you call death and an assisted death? By Derek Humphry Recent controversy in Oregon about the best term to describe how a doctor helps a terminally ill person to die under the Oregon Death With Dignity Act (1994) set me thinking about all the terms we use to describe ways of dying and […]
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You can find some interesting articles on this subject at this constantly-changing website: ERGO: www.assistedsuicide.org
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Mercy Killing, Opinion Pieces, Publications/InternetMedia, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational) on Oct 9th, 2006
Books on euthanasia received in 2006 at the Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO) in author alphabetical order: Guide to a Humane Self-Chosen Death by Dr. Pieter Admiraal et al. WOZZ Foundation, Delft, The Netherlands. ISBN 9078581018. 112 pages. Paperback. Euros 25. Sold only to physicians, pharmacists and in bulk to right-to-die societies. www.wozz.nl Unplugged: […]
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My comment re the doctor and two nurses charged with murder in New Orleans after the hurricane: It is my opinion that sometimes, in the harsh, real world in which we can find ourselves, so-called mercy killing is justifiable. Sometimes. It seems to me that this New Orleans hospital medical team was placed in a […]
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Neal Nicol writes:- My biography of Dr. Jack Kevorkian is finally available. Books were delivered to bookstores in the US and Canada on July 5th, and are available through Barnes & Noble. Also, U of Wisconsin Press is offering a special discount on the book if you order direct from them. Jack is 78, in […]
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I have just read and signed the petition: “Release Dr. Jack Kevorkian” Please take a moment to read about this important issue, and join me in signing the petition. It takes just 30 seconds, but can truly make a difference. We are trying to reach 1,000 signatures – please sign here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/761877453 Once you have […]
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Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s request to have his second-degree murder sentence commuted has been turned down, a state prisons spokesman said. Kevorkian claims he has less than a year to live. For the fourth consecutive year, the Michigan parole board turned down the 78-year-old assisted-suicide advocate’s request, said a Corrections Department spokesman. Because the parole board […]
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Voluntary euthanasia laws could soon be back up for debate in the South Australian Parliament. Independent MP Bob Such intends to introduce a private member’s bill that would allow someone with chronic pain the right to end their life. Mr Such says he is confident the majority of South Australians would welcome the law but […]
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