Posts Tagged ‘assisted dying’
When Medical Treatment is Worse than Death
10, Aug 2010Letting Go What should medicine do when it can’t save your life? Atul Gawande, The New Yorker (August 2, 2010) Dr. Atul Gawande: Make End Of Life More Humane Terry Gross, Fresh Air on WHHY (July 29, 2010) A few weeks ago, Dr. Atul Gawande wrote a good piece on End of Life decision making [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law|Death Ethics
- Tags: assisted dying, bioethics, death with dignity
Kevorkian Revisited
31, Mar 2010Independent Minds: Dr. Jack Kevorkian (Listen to the audio) Heard an interesting public radio broadcast this evening. It’s a series titled “Independent Minds” and tonight’s profile featured Dr. Jack Kevorkian. The show illuminates, through interviews, audio clips and sound bites, the life of the controversial “Dr. Death” and attempts to separate and dissect the man [...]
No Assisted Suicide Charge for Son of Sir Edward Downes BBC News (March 19, 2010) My very first post for the Death Reference Desk occurred on July 15, 2009 and it discussed the deaths of Edward and Joan Downes. The Downes’ went to the Dignitas Clinic in Switzerland to die together, their’s is a common [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law|Death Ethics|Suicide
- Tags: assisted dying, Edward and Joan Downes
2009 Oregon Death with Dignity Numbers
14, Mar 20102009 Summary of Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act The Oregon Public Health Division (March 2010) Report Finds 36 Died Under Assisted Suicide Law William Yardley, The New York Times (March 04, 2010) Earlier this month, the state of Oregon published its annual report on who used the 1997 Death with Dignity Act. I have discussed [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law|Death Ethics|Suicide
- Tags: assisted dying, bioethics
Frontline: The Suicide Tourist PBS (March 02, 2010) Assisted Suicide Guidelines: Family Can Still Face Prosecution Sandra Laville, The Guardian (February 25, 2010) Frontline, the documentary film unit for the Public Broadcasting Service in America, just premiered a really important new program. The film follows an American, Craig Ewert, as he decides to end his [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law|Death Ethics|Suicide
- Tags: assisted dying, bioethics