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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There are now two books on sale with remarkably similar and confusing titles: “Final Exits†and “Final Exit†But the subtitles should clarify that one is about the results of all manners of death, while the second is about achieving voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide: “Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die†by […]
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Belgium keeps tight reins on euthanasia legislation Belgium partially legalised euthanasia in 2002. The “act of ending the life of a person on the request of that person” is controlled by a commission that reviews patients and doctors declarations. During 2004 and 2005, according to the commission, 742 cases of legal euthanasia were reported – […]
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For those interested in reading about the subject of the right to choose to die when at life’s end, these sites offer some thought-provoking information 1. Eopinons 2. assistedsuicide.org
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As at pm on 7 Feb 06, the Dell paperback book “Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying” stood at number 7,190 in the sales chart of Amazon.com, out of their stock of over two million titles. This is the 3rd edition of a ‘how-to’ book which was a New […]
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The publisher Eleuthera, in Milan, Italy, has decided to translate and publish Derek Humphry’s latest book “The Good Euthanasia Guide: Where, What, and Who in Choices in Dying”. It will be on sale in a few months time. Eleuthera continues to sell — as it has consistently since l992 –the Italian version of ‘Final Exit’ […]
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Some have been asking whether the Australian ‘Peanut Project‘ (This blog 9 Sept 06) in trying to produce a home-made form of the barbiturate, pentobarbital, succeeded or not. As at this date (11 Oct 06) the Assay result has not been reported to us. Thus we do not know. I should point out that the […]
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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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Open letter to the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano From Piergiorgio Welby, Co-President of the Luca Coscioni Association September 21, 2006 Mr President, I am writing to you, and through you I am addressing also those citizens that will have the opportunity to listen to these words, to this cry of mine, which is […]
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