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BOOK REVIEW In Search of Gentle Death: The Fight for Your Right to Die With Dignity, by Richard N. Cote (Corinthian Books, 2012) Hardcover and ebook. Reviewed by Zoe FitzGerald Carter Faced with my mother’s decision to end her life after suffering from Parkinson’s disease for many years, I spent the last year of her […]

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Corinthian Books announces that the eBook version of In Search of Gentle Death: the Fight for Your Right to Die With Dignity by Richard N. Cote’ is now available not only from Amazon.com in the U.S., but also from Amazon sites all around the world, including Amazon Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, and […]

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“I am extremely concerned by the arrest of these people who are dedicated to supporting people’s right to a dignified death,” said Sonja Eggerickx, president of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU). “I met with one of the arrested men, Ted Goodwin, at the IHEU World Humanist Congress in Washington, DC, last summer. He […]

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The controversy over the right to die of Eluana Englaro is really a battle over religious beliefs and secondarily about the law of Italy. This case is being used as a football in a struggle for moral power by the Vatican over the rules of life and death. All over the world, people nowadays want […]

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Quote: ‘Knowing how to die well not only makes life more enjoyable but ensures that it is more endurable towards the inevitable end.’ —-Derek Humphry. Founder Hemlock Society USA, author ‘Final Exit’

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The Adelaide Advertiser in Australia reported that a euthanasia method using a readily available gas was launched at a workshop in its city.  More than 80 people – mostly elderly – gathered at Fullerton Community Centre as Dr Philip Nitschke outlined methods to enable a reliable and quick death. This newspaper article stopped short of […]

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