Euthanasia

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The New Year should begin with ideas for saving lives, not for killing them

David Alton | 05 January 2012 |

tags: assisted suicide, euthanasia, UK

A media frenzy has erupted in the UK over a hopelessly biased report on assisted suicide.

Tipping the scales towards euthanasia

Margaret Somerville | 14 December 2011 |

tags: assisted suicide, Canada, euthanasia

A widely publicized report published by the Royal Society of Canada presents a thoroughly one-sided view.

Death on wheels

Paul Russell | 09 December 2011 |

tags: euthanasia, Netherlands

A Dutch MP thinks mobile euthanasia units are worth considering.

At long last, Dutch doctors draw a line in the sand

Michael Cook | 17 November 2011 |

tags: euthanasia, Netherlands

Euthanasia is OK, but circumcising male babies is a bridge too far.

Blithely down the slippery slope

Barbara Kay | 17 November 2011 |

tags: Canada, euthanasia

The Royal Society of Canada recommends legalising euthanasia.

Another death in the family

Michael Cook | 08 November 2011 |

tags: euthanasia, Norway, UK

Did a famous London physician euthanase two of the crowned heads of Europe?

Organ donation: crossing the line

Nancy Valko | 06 October 2011 |

tags: donation after cardiac death, euthanasia, organ donation

Linking the "right to die" with organ donation has opened a terrible Pandora's Box.

Why safe euthanasia is a myth

Brian Pollard | 23 September 2011 |

tags: euthanasia

All attempts to legalise voluntary euthanasia protect doctors from prosecution and endanger the lives of their patients.

Where is the worst place in the world to be a doctor?

Michael Cook | 20 September 2011 |

tags: conscientious objection, euthanasia, Netherlands

At least in Niger and Afghanistan, doctors are supposed to save lives, not take them. Not so in the Netherlands.

Too much information?

Margaret Somerville | 23 August 2011 |

tags: censorship, euthanasia, patients' rights

The PR department of a hospital thought so, but patients are entitled to consider all sides of an issue such as euthanasia.

Birthday blue

Michael Cook | 05 July 2011 |

tags: assisted suicide, Australia, euthanasia, human dignity, utilitarianism

Are supporters of legalised euthanasia willing to listen to reason? Maybe not.

Belgian surgeons welcome euthanasia organs

Michael Cook | 18 June 2011 |

tags: Belgium, euthanasia, organ transplants

For some patients, donating vital organs is said to make their lives meaningful.

Is there a “duty to die”?

David van Gend | 27 March 2011 |

tags: Australia, euthanasia

Should "unproductive burdens" on society do the right thing by the rest of us and make an early exit?

Three ways of dying

Michael Cook | 08 March 2011 |

tags: Africa, euthanasia, India, US

How three women from three countries are dealing with mortality on International Women's Day.

Even euthanasia has its funny side

Michael Cook | 03 March 2011 |

tags: assisted suicide, euthanasia, Philip Nitschke

The world's most famous euthanasia activist is thinking about moving into stand-up comedy.

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