Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, Suicide (rational) on Apr 22nd, 2009
Two-thirds of nurses [in the UK] support the legalisation of assisted suicide, results of an Independent Nurse survey reveal. Of 108 nurses who responded to the survey, 64 per cent said they thought assisted suicide should be legalised. In addition, 67 per cent said that they thought that clinicians should be able to assist terminally […]
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A 93-year-old Belgian woman has died after going on a 10-day hunger strike last month to force doctors to help her die, her family said.
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Luxembourg has become the third European Union country, after the Netherlands and Belgium, to decriminalise voluntary euthanasia. Terminally ill people will be able to have their lives ended after receiving the approval of two doctors and a panel of experts. Last year, Luxembourg became embroiled in a constitutional crisis when Grand Duke Henri refused to […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Opinion Pieces, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 20th, 2008
The simultaneous deaths of the writer Hugo Claus in Belgium and Chantal Sébire in France are a demonstration that our goal is not the choice between life and death,but between 2 different ways of dying. Hugo Claus was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and decided to leave on his own terms at the moment he chose and […]
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Posted in Blogroll, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 18th, 2008
The New York Times health section carried this article on 18 March 08: Terminal Options for the Irreversibly Ill, By JANE E. BRODY My Feb. 5 column, “A Heartfelt Appeal for a Graceful Exit,†prompted a deluge of information and requests for information on how people too sick to reap meaningful pleasure from life might […]
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Agence France Presse reported on 20 Feb 08: Luxembourg to become third EU country to allow euthanasia Luxembourg lawmakers have adopted a bill legalising euthanasia, priming the Grand Duchy to become the third EU country allowing doctors to help patients end their own lives. The parliament passed the bill with only a slim majority with […]
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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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