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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Posted in Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 20th, 2007
Terminally-ill woman wants right to die peacefully Ningxia Hui, China “I love life. But I don’t want to go on living.” So writes 28-year-old Li Yan in her blog, which calls for the legalisation of euthanasia. Li, from Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, has been suffering from terminal cancer since she was just a […]
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For those interested, besides the just released and previously mentioned 2006 report, other documents related to Oregon’s Death With Dignity (DWD) Act are available through the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) website (PDF reader not required to read most of the following documents):
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The State of Oregon’s “Death with Dignity” 2006 Annual Report is now up and available on the Oregon Department of Human Services website. The Oregon Death With Dignity (DWD) Act is Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide (PAS) law, supported at the polls by a majority of Oregon voters twice, once in 1994 and again in 1997. The […]
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The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) board of directors approved an updated “physician-assisted death” policy statement on Feb.14, 2007 “The AAHPM takes a position of ‘studied neutrality’ on the subject of whether PAD (physician-assisted death) should be legally regulated or prohibited, believing its members should instead continue to strive to find the […]
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Some 2,000 French doctors and nurses issued a joint call for euthanasia to be legalized in the country, arguing that mercy killings are already widely practiced by the French medical profession, in a text to be printed Thursday. In the manifesto, to appear in the Nouvel Observateur weekly, all claim to have helped patients to […]
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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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