EUTHANASIA

Dutch doctors cleared to euthanise dementia patients who have advance directives

Michael Cook | 22 November 2020 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, netherlands

After the exoneration of a nursing home doctor, authorities have made new guidelines

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Euthanasia as an option for Canadian nursing home patients who are sick of lockdowns

Michael Cook | 22 November 2020 | Comments

tags: canada, coronavirus, euthanasia

90-year-old Nancy Russell was just fed up

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Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to blow up the universe

Michael Cook | 22 November 2020 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, extinction

A 19th century philosopher advocated cosmic euthanasia

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Disabled groups attack liberalizing euthanasia in Canada

Michael Cook | 18 November 2020 | Comments

tags: canada, disability rights, euthanasia

Will having a disability become an acceptable reason for state-provided suicide?

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Tasmanian politicians defer vote on euthanasia

Michael Cook | 14 November 2020 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, tasmania

Local university will produce report

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New Zealand will soon have legal voluntary euthanasia

Michael Cook | 31 October 2020 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, new zealand

65% of voters backed it in a referendum

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Ombudsman slams euthanasia in Canada’s prisons

Michael Cook | 31 October 2020 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia, prisoner euthanasia

After three cases, there should be an absolute moratorium

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‘Medical aid in dying’ saves money: Canadian report

Michael Cook | 24 October 2020 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, canada, euthanasia, healthcare policy

These savings should "in no way be interpreted" to suggest that assisted dying be used to reduce health-care costs.

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What factors can undermine our autonomy?

Michael Cook | 24 October 2020 | Comments

tags: agency, assisted suicide, autonomy, euthanasia

Addiction, brainwashing, trauma or fatigue, obviously. Any others?

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Spain edges closer to legalizing euthanasia

Michael Cook | 17 October 2020 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, spain

Bioethicists are critical

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Once again, the Vatican slams euthanasia

Michael Cook | 27 September 2020 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, catholic church, euthanasia, vulnerability

New document clarifies some points for uneasy Catholics

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Assisted dying explodes in Victoria

Michael Cook | 06 September 2020 | Comments

tags: assisted dying, euthanasia, victoria

Statistics for first full year released

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Nova Scotia euthanasia case reveals complexities of law

Michael Cook | 06 September 2020 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia, maid

Wife fights her husband’s request for euthanasia

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Dutch euthanasia doctor agrees that there is a ‘slippery slope’

Michael Cook | 29 August 2020 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, netherlands, slippery slope

Bert Keizer says that expanding the criteria for euthanasia eligibility is the path of progress

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Euthanasia polling data may fail to capture people’s considered views

Xavier Symons | 15 August 2020 | Comments

tags: dementia, euthanasia, law, maid, public opinion

A biased picture of progressive illness may cloud people’s views on euthanasia.

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Belgium’s euthanasia law under fire in European Court of Human Rights  

Michael Cook | 02 August 2020 | Comments

tags: belgium, euthanasia

The case of Godelieva de Troyer shows the entrenched conflict of interest in Belgian euthanasia

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Covid-19 briefs

Michael Cook | 02 August 2020 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, sperm donors, super-spreaders

The euthanasia pandemic. Super-spreaders. Sperm donors in Israel.

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VSED has been normalised. But is it ethical?

Xavier Symons | 20 June 2020 | Comments

tags: end of life care, euthanasia, law, voluntarily stopping eating and drinking, vsed

Ethicists are taking an interest in Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking.

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Queensland government postpones euthanasia legislation

Xavier Symons | 24 May 2020 | Comments

tags: australia, euthanasia, politics, queensland

The government faces a tough election battle in October.

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‘We’re all vitalists now’, Oxford ethicist tells utilitarians   

Michael Cook | 23 May 2020 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, euthanasia

Utilitarians have been overlooked

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