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Continue reading Links between MAID, euthanasia and suicideJUN
2017
UK actress Claire King has announced she is seriously pondering euthanasia due to fears of being a “burden” when she can no longer care of herself. We can all empathize with those fears. But note: King’s desire to die has to do with existential anguish, not unbearable pain, which is euthanasia’s selling point.
Continue reading Euthanasia Abandons Despairing People to Their Worst FearsA book review of Max Chochinov’s Dignity Therapy; a book explaining how palliative care workers can best maintain the dignity of their patients.
Continue reading If you have the ‘why’ of living, you can find the ‘how’A list of reasons why people may want assisted suicide and answers to them.
Continue reading 5 Mistaken Reasons Why People Want Assisted SuicideA study, published this month in the Journal of Pain and Symptom management, found almost three quarters of the patients surveyed (73%) had a spike in brain activity at the time of death.
Continue reading Dying patients study reveals ‘brain surge’ in final moments of life