Tag: euthanasia
Blog Posts (6)
May 13, 2013
Paralyzed British men fight right-to-die case in court
[Fox News] Two paralyzed British men who want to die but cannot kill themselves went to court on Monday seeking protection from prosecution for those who could help them end their lives. The case is one of the most high-profile attempts to change t...March 18, 2013
Why Dr. Kevorkian Was No Hero…and I Often Am
Admittedly that title is provocative. In a sense, both the late Dr. Jack Kevorkian and I could be considered to be in the business of euthanasia (though I hope I will someday be remembered for far more), but the species of our patients differs. And t...January 9, 2013
Son's Perspective on Using VSED to Hasten Death
The following is an essay by Marc Newhouse on his mother's use of VSED. Marc Newhouse is a former cellist, nurse, and English teacher. He is now a book author who blogs at Life, Death and Iguanas. In April of 2010, my...December 12, 2008
She Has Death Written All Over Her
A New Zealand woman isn’t leaving anything to chance in the event she is taken into an emergency room unconscious. She doesn’t want there to be any mistake about her wishes in the event of a life-threatening event.…
September 24, 2008
Warnock: Dementia Patients A Waste
Some Brits are shocked at Baroness Mary Warnock’s latest quote regarding the significant burden placed on Alzheimer’s caregivers and her call for euthanasia for the demented.…
August 26, 2007
CNN: DA never called medical experts to testify in Katrina hospital deaths
In July, a grand jury decided not to indict one doctor and two nurses on second degree murder charges that they had taken actions to kill patients in their care at New Orleans’ Memorial Medical Center during Hurricane Katrina.…
Published Articles (4)
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 11 Issue 7 - Jul 2011
A Philosophical Obituary: Dr. Jack Kevorkian Dead at 83 Leaving End of Life Debate in the US Forever Changed Timothy F. Murphy
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 9 Issue 4 - Apr 2009
Still on the Same Slope: Groningen Breaks No New Ethical Ground Stephen S. Hanson
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 8 Issue 11 - Nov 2008
A Case Against Justified Non-Voluntary Active Euthanasia (The Groningen Protocol) Alan B. Jotkowitz
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 7 Issue 11 - Nov 2007
Book Review of Ian Dowbiggin, A Concise History of Euthanasia: Life, Death, God, and Medicine * and Neal Nicol and Harry Wylie, Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian's Life and the Battle to Legalize Euthanasia Sandra Woien
News (5)
January 16, 2013 2:06 pm
Deaf twins who discovered they were going blind and would never see each other again are euthanized in Belgian hospital (Mail Online)
A pair of identical twins, who were born deaf, have been killed by Belgian doctors after seeking euthanasia when they found out they would also soon go blind. In a unique case under the country’s euthanasia laws, the 45-year-old brothers, from Antwerp, chose death as they were unable to bear the thought of never seeing one another again.
December 10, 2012 7:22 pm
Euthanasia “trivialized” in Belgium: report by bioethics institute (BioEdge)
Belgium legalised euthanasia in 2002, with a law containing strict controls to protect the vulnerable. The Belgium-based European Institute of Bioethics has just released a study of the experience of ten years of euthanasia. It claims that the results are far from encouraging.
July 11, 2012 6:41 pm
Legal Euthanasia Didn’t Raise Death Rate, Researchers Say (Bussinessweek)
“Countries differ greatly in demography, culture and organization of medical care,” Lo, who is also director of the medical ethics program at the University of California, San Francisco, wrote in a comment accompanying the study. More in- depth information is needed to better understand how patients and physicians reach their decisions, he said.
May 7, 2012 11:48 am
Legal euthanasia kills justice for all (Sunday Star Times)
As the spokesperson of a Catholic bioethics centre, there are some who discount my message because of my religious affiliation, rather than on the basis of its merits. It’s a classic case of “playing the man instead of the ball”. As two commentators noted in response to comments I recently made about the dangers of legalising euthanasia: “I am sick of the religious trying to force their narrow views on society.
April 11, 2012 1:14 pm
Why Do Americans Balk at Euthanasia Laws? (NY Times)
Why is euthanasia more controversial in the United States than, for instance, in the Netherlands? What would need to change before the U.S. would legalize physician-assisted suicide?