Euthanasia


Getting the facts right about euthanasia

Margaret Somerville | 02 March 2010
How can Quebec doctors ask for the legalisation of euthanasia? They don't even know what it is.

“There will be casualties”

Michael Cook | 19 February 2010
Euthanasia activists in Australia, the UK and the Netherlands have lost touch with reality.

Suffering with dignity

Margaret Somerville | 22 January 2010
Finding meaning in dying.

Is death better than disability?

Michael Cook | 11 January 2010
Whom better to ask than the disabled? They give some surprising answers.

The puzzle of human dignity

Margaret Somerville | 26 November 2009
Both sides of the euthanasia debate claim to be advancing the cause of human dignity. Whom should we believe?

Would euthanasia damage doctors?

Margaret Somerville | 18 November 2009
Legalising euthanasia will have incalculable consequences for doctors and nurses.

The euthanasia debate resurfaces

Margaret Somerville | 30 October 2009
There are deeply-rooted cultural reasons why the Western world returns again and again to euthanasia as a solution to the problems of suffering and death.

Softened up for death

Cristina Alarcon | 22 September 2009
Could our persistent search for a hardship-free world be blinding us to the value of suffering?

Justifying one’s existence

Barbara Kay | 28 July 2009

Choosing to live out one’s natural life will soon be as unpopular as refusing an abortion.


Past your “use by” date? What’s next?

Margaret Somerville | 19 May 2009
Dying human beings are not disposable products.

The price for opposing euthanasia

Michael Cook | 06 December 2008
The Grand Duke of Luxembourg is to be stripped of his executive veto after refusing to rubber-stamp a euthanasia law.

A short history of voluntary death

Jose A. Bufill | 22 May 2008
Suicide and euthanaisa: two periods of transition in popular attitudes toward voluntary death can be identified.

Silence

Frank Brennan | 19 October 2006
A specialist in palliative care remembers a poignant moment in his professional work.

The ultimate Christmas present

Michael Cook | 17 December 2004
Santa came early for good little girls and boys in the Netherlands, bringing the gift of involuntary euthanasia for children under 12.

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