Health
Report recommends France legalise 'accelerated deaths'
France should allow doctors to "accelerate the coming of death" for terminally ill patients, a report to President Francois Hollande recommended Tuesday.
Dec 18, 2012
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Belgian euthanasia law allows first death of a prisoner
A gravelly ill prisoner serving a long jail sentence has become the first inmate to die under Belgian euthanasia laws introduced 10 years ago, press reports said Thursday.
Sep 13, 2012
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UK man who failed to overturn euthanasia law dies
(AP) — Tony Nicklinson, paralyzed and unable to speak, found life so unbearable he wanted to die. On Wednesday, the 58-year-old Briton got his wish.
Aug 22, 2012
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UK denies right-to-die legal challenge (Update)
(AP) — Britain's High Court on Thursday rejected an attempt by a man who has locked-in syndrome to overturn the country's euthanasia law by refusing to legally allow doctors to end his life.
Aug 16, 2012
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Choosing when and how to die: Are we ready to perform therapeutic homicide?
A new report from the province of Quebec that recommends medical assistance to die will reignite the debate over euthanasia in Canada, states an editorial published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Jun 25, 2012
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Zurich hosts dignity in death debate
Groups supporting the right to hasten dying will meet in Zurich this week for a global conference on assisted suicide, reigniting the debate on dignified death.
Jun 12, 2012
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Dutch pensioner's decision: when to die with dignity
With a deadly dose of barbiturates stashed in his home in a small eastern Dutch town, pensioner Hans Hillebrand is a "self-determinist": he alone wants to decide when it's time to die with dignity.
Mar 31, 2012
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Should we prepare for the end? New report calls for decriminalization of assisted dying in Canada
A report commissioned by the Royal Society of Canada, and published today in the journal Bioethics, claims that assisted suicide should be legally permitted for competent individuals who make a free and informed decision, ...
Nov 15, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Attitudes toward end-of-life care: A survey of cancer patients and others in Korea
Attitudes toward end-of-life care for cancer patients vary, but most patients, family members, oncologists and members of the public are receptive to withdrawing futile life-sustaining treatments in people who are dying, ...
May 30, 2011
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