Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Film/TV/Radio, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, Suicide (rational) on Jan 31st, 2011
“How to Die in Oregon,†an intimate and poignant film about the impact of Oregon’s 1994 Death With Dignity Act, won the Grand Jury Prize in the U. S. Documentary Competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, one of the most prestigious awards that can be won by a non-fiction film anywhere in the world. […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Oct 7th, 2010
Report of the NuTech Workshop at the World Conference of Right to Die Societies in Melbourne (NOTE: NuTech is short for ‘New Technologies for Self-Deliverance, founded 1999 as an international research group for new ways of ending one’s life without a doctor when terminally ill. NuTech invented the widely-used helium hood method.) By Faye Girsh […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, Suicide (rational) on Mar 4th, 2010
Oregon physician-assisted suicide There were 59 people in 2009 who brought their lives to an end with physician-assisted dying under the Oregon Death With Dignity Act, according to a report just issued by the state’s department of health. The previous year the figure was 60 hastened deaths. During 2009, 95 prescriptions for lethal medications were […]
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In 2008 the Dutch controlling committees received 2331 declarations of which 2146 were cases of euthanasia, 152 cases of assisted suicide and 33 cases of a combination of the two.
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational) on Oct 12th, 2009
How ‘right-to-die’ stands in 2009 —
Where voluntary euthanasia (VE) and/or physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is now legally permitted under guidelines
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Film/TV/Radio, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Living Will, Opinion Pieces, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Aug 22nd, 2009
You can view a list of my books, from l972 through 2008, at this Amazon site: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B000AQ1V2K Also, my memoir “Good Life, Good Death” is now on Kindle or at the ERGO Bookstore
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jan 20th, 2008
On January 9, former Governor Booth Gardner filed the Washington State Death with Dignity Initiative with the Secretary of State. It is a replica of the successful and court-tested Oregon law. Joining Governor Gardner were Washington nurses, physicians, clergy, patient advocates, and family members who have faced difficult end-of-life decisions. Compassion & Choices (national), Compassion […]
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