EUTHANASIA

Is euthanasia really the ‘best’ way to die?

Michael Cook | 02 June 2017 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, canada, euthanasia, new york times

New York Times gushes over Canadian medical assistance in dying

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‘Existential distress’ drives MAiD requests: Canadian study

Xavier Symons | 28 May 2017 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia, existential distress, existential suffering

Patients tended to be white and relatively affluent and loss of autonomy was the primary motivation

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Euthanasia bills sink in Tasmania and Maine

Xavier Symons | 28 May 2017 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, maine, tasmania

Opposition to euthanasia is still strong

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Should a depraved killer be allowed to commit suicide?

Michael Cook | 19 May 2017 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, euthanasia, ian brady, suicide

Ian Brady, the Moors murderer, died a natural death this week

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Ontario passes assisted dying law

Xavier Symons | 19 May 2017 | Comments

tags: canada, conscientious objection, euthanasia, ontario

Doctors worry about conscientious objection

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UK star surgeon backs euthanasia despite danger of elder abuse

Michael Cook | 19 May 2017 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, elder abuse, euthanasia, uk

Collateral damage is not such a big deal, says Henry Marsh

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Do Australian Christians support euthanasia?

Xavier Symons | 13 May 2017 | Comments

tags: assisted dying, australia, euthanasia, law

A recent episode of Q&A sparked debate about Christian support for assisted dying.

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Head of Belgian order explains shock move on euthanasia

Rene Stockman | 06 May 2017 | Comments

tags: belgium, catholic church, euthanasia

Brother Rene Stockman is devastated by news that Catholic psychiatric hospitals will offer euthanasia

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Belgian Catholic psychiatric hospitals ‘adjust’ their view of euthanasia

Michael Cook | 29 April 2017 | Comments

tags: belgium, catholic church, euthanasia

From now on it will be difficult to find a psychiatric hospital where euthanasia is not offered

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Euthanasia is a ‘sideshow’ in end-of-life care, says leading US bioethicist

Paul Russell | 27 April 2017 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, euthanasia, ezekiel emanuel

Ezekiel Emanuel says that pain is not the the reason people ask doctors to end their lives

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Euthanasia rates rise by 10% in the Netherlands

Xavier Symons | 22 April 2017 | Comments

tags: assisted dying, euthanasia, netherlands

Deaths by euthanasia increased 10% in the Netherlands in 2016, according to a new report.

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Euthanised organ donors could dramatically shorten waitlists in Belgium, say doctors

Michael Cook | 22 April 2017 | Comments

tags: belgium, euthanasia, organ donor euthanasia

There are some limitations, so the idea needs to be refined.

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Dutch doctors oppose plans for ‘completed life’ euthanasia

Michael Cook | 07 April 2017 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, netherlands

It could stigmatise the elderly

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Canadian surgeons harvesting organs from euthanised patients

Michael Cook | 25 March 2017 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia, organ donation euthanasia

Dozens of patients in Ontario have already donated organs and tissue

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Almost 450 Quebec patients were euthanised last year

Xavier Symons | 18 March 2017 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia, maid, quebec

Requests for euthanasia doubled in Quebec in the second half of 2016.

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Assisted dying battle continues in US legislatures

Xavier Symons | 10 March 2017 | Comments

tags: assisted dying, assisted suicide, euthanasia, law, us

Several jurisdictions are debating legislation that would ‘outlaw’ or ‘condemn’ euthanasia and assisted suicide.

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Ontario doctors back out of euthanasia

Michael Cook | 04 March 2017 | Comments

tags: canada, euthanasia

Both for moral and legal reasons

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The Mother Situation

Michael Cook | 03 March 2017 | Comments

tags: australia, euthanasia, films

An Australian short film about euthanasia is a hit.

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Should Quebec’s Alzheimer’s patients be eligible for euthanasia?

Michael Cook | 25 February 2017 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, canada, euthanasia, quebec

A murder case sparks a debate

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New euthanasia debate in Spain

Xavier Symons | 11 February 2017 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, spain

A bill to legalise euthanasia has been introduced to Spanish parliament.

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