05 Nov November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
National Hospice and Palliative Care month is all November long. The goal is to raise awareness and support around the nation for programs that often go without notice...
Author: Kristen Hanson
04 Nov Standing against assisted suicide
Growing dissatisfaction among families whose terminally ill loved ones face excruciating suffering has ignited debate over whether people should be allowed to control their deaths by asking doctors for lethal prescriptions. On the side opposing assisted suicide is the Patients Rights Action Fund, led by executive...
03 Nov Couple alleges psychologist tried to talk husband into killing terminally ill wife
A Montreal couple is calling for disciplinary measures against a psychologist they say counselled one of them to kill the terminally ill other. When Miranda Edwards was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer she said she was determined to fight it. “I want to live, I...
29 Oct Nurse Charged With Murder in Killing of Friend Who Asked for Help Dying after Breakup in Orange County
A registered nurse has been charged with murder after injecting a lethal drug into a friend who asked her to help him die following a breakup, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said Monday. Kristie Jane Koepplin, 58, pleaded not guilty Monday, after being arrested in...
27 Oct World Medical Association Reaffirms its Strong Opposition to Assisted Suicide & Euthanasia
The World Medical Association (WMA) recently held its 70th General Assembly meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia, and reaffirmed a commitment: "to the principles of medical ethics and that utmost respect has to be maintained for human life. Therefore, the WMA is firmly opposed to euthanasia and...
24 Oct The National Council on Disability’s Report on Assisted Suicide and its Impact on the Movement
Barbara Lyons of the Patients’ Rights Action Fund Barbara joins Bob to talk about the National Council on Disability’s recent report on assisted suicide and its impact on individuals with disabilities. Click here to listen...
23 Oct Swiss doctor sentenced for helping healthy woman to die
A court in Geneva has given a suspended sentence to the regional vice-president of EXIT, Pierre Beck, for helping an 86-year-old woman to die when she was not sick. He was found guilty of breaking federal law on therapeutic substances and given a suspended 120-day jail sentence. The court thus...
22 Oct Our problem with assisted suicide: Why disability advocates worry about making it easier for physicians to help New Yorkers die
Proponents of New York’s physician-assisted suicide bill seem perplexed by the strong opposition from disability activists. But doesn’t the bill only apply to adults who are expected to die within six months so they can control when they die? Isn’t that a basic right that we...
21 Oct Italian woman, 85, ends her life at Swiss euthanasia clinic because she was upset about losing her looks
By HANNAH ROBERTS IN ROME PUBLISHED: 12:24 EDT, 20 February 2014 A healthy Italian woman paid a Swiss right-to-die clinic to take her life because she was 'unhappy about losing her looks'. Oriella Cazzanello, 85, travelled to a clinic in Basel, Switzerland, where she paid €10,000 for...