End Of Life

British nurses could be jailed for mentioning assisted suicide

Jared Yee | 28 October 2011

Nurses will be warned that they could go to prison if they talk to patients about assisted suicide. They will be told that they face prosecution if they are found to have spoken about any aspect of assisted suicide with patients who go on to kill themselves.

UK hospitals secretly use “do not resuscitate” orders

Jared Yee | 26 October 2011

Hospitals in the UK have used “do not resuscitate” orders secretly to bring elderly patients to an early death, an investigation has found.

Elder abuse epidemic looming, says MacArthur “genius” fellow

Michael Cook | 01 October 2011

A MacArthur genius fellowship awarded to an elder abuse activist highlights the difficulties of ensuring high quality end of life care. Marie-Therese Connolly, 54, a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center and the architect of the Elder Justice Act, a law passed by the US Congress last year, has received a US$500,000 grant for her ground-breaking work.

Wife’s guardian status revoked

Jared Yee | 09 February 2011

Ruling finds Minnesota woman sincere but “deceiving” as to husband’s wishes

How long does it take to starve a baby?

Michael Cook | 22 October 2010

As long as 26 days

Evangelical group angered by minister’s death

Jared Yee | 18 September 2010

Group calls it “act of slow euthanasia”

Blink once to live, twice to die

Michael Cook | 16 July 2010

Making the choice between life and death

Britain tops end-of-life care index

Michael Cook | 16 July 2010

Summarises experience of 40 countries

Room for improvement in end-of-life care, study finds

Jared Yee | 16 July 2010

Doctors “good about ordering comfort care, but not about follow-up”

Alzheimer’s patients remember kindness, even if they can’t remember why

Michael Cook | 17 April 2010

University of Iowa study of amnesiac patients

Disabled New Zealand woman chooses to starve to death

Michael Cook | 27 March 2010

Estranged husband objects

Five years on, Terri Schiavo still a lightning rod for controversy

Michael Cook | 27 March 2010

Outcry over satire

Are UK nursing homes cutting costs with PEG tubes?

Michael Cook | 06 January 2010

"There is no reason for them to do that," says doctor