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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 life at the Dignitas [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law| Death Ethics
- Tags: assisted dying, assisted suicide, bioethics
Give Terry Pratchett the Freedom to Die…
11, Feb 2010Sir Terry Pratchett Calls for Euthanasia Tribunals
Maev Kennedy, The Guardian (February 02, 2010)
Terry Pratchett: My Case for a Euthanasia Tribunal
Terry Pratchett, The Guardian (February 02, 2010)
Last week, the British writer Sir Terry Pratchett (he of Discworld fame) catapulted the ongoing UK discussion on Assisted Dying back into the news. This is a persistent topic in [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law| Death Ethics
- Tags: assisted dying, assisted suicide, bioethics, brain death, definition of death
New Assisted Dying Guidelines in England
2, Oct 2009Director of Public Prosecutions Publishes Interim Policy on Prosecuting Assisted Suicide
The Crown Prosecution Service (September 23, 2009)
Last week in England, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, released new guidelines on assisted dying. The goal of these new guidelines is to give family members a clearer understanding of what is acceptable before the law [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law| Death Ethics
- Tags: assisted dying, assisted suicide, bioethics, death with dignity
The Right to Die Free in Montana
4, Sep 2009Montana Court to Rule on Assisted Suicide Case
Kirk Johnson, New York Times (September 01, 2009)
Since July I have been posting stories on Right-to-Die cases in England. Those posts involved Edward and Joan Downes (who traveled together to the Dignitas Clinic in Switzerland to die) and Debbie Purdy who successfully fought a campaign to have England’s [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law| Death Ethics
- Tags: assisted dying, assisted suicide, bioethics, death with dignity
At the End, Offering Not a Cure but Comfort
Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times (August 19, 2009)
I started and re-started this post on American Health Care reform several times. To watch America’s current Health Care debate (such as it is…) makes me all the happier that I now live in the UK and am covered [...]
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