Why are current approaches to dying problematic? Most people (in the developed West, that is) die in hospitals where patients are clean, well-fed and adequately cared for medically, aren’t they?
Continue Reading → Does death have a meaning?
Dr Balfour Mount, considered “the father of palliative care in North America,” talks about why euthanasia places the most vulnerable among us at risk.
Continue Reading → Euthanasia: a well-intentioned but colossal and dangerous mistake
The British High Court recently heard a legal challenge from a terminally ill British man who wants the right to die. But before moving forward with assisted suicide legislation, legislators should look to the example of other countries.
Continue Reading → Legalising assisted suicide is dangerous – just look at Canada
The US House of Representative Committee on Appropriations approved an amendment by Representative Andy Harris (Maryland), who is also a physician, that prohibits funds for assisted suicide in the District of Columbia, and repeals the D.C. Death with Dignity Act. Read more >>
The recent assisted suicide report from the California Department of Public Health indicates that there were 111 reported assisted suicide deaths in 2016. Read more >>