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?
The word “dignity” has been warped and misused to such an extent, and so effectively, that it has actually made euthanasia wildly popular. For years we have heard the term “death with dignity” and most now identify it with a pro-euthanasia view as opposed to natural death.
Continue Reading → Comment: Our definition of ‘dignity’ is caught in a death spiral
Very recently, two senior physicians who have championed the legalization of euthanasia in their jurisdictions have rejected current “appalling” developments in euthanasia in their countries. Yet, these developments should have been anticipated. So, why weren’t they?
Continue Reading → The euthanasia slippery slope: a failure of memory and imagination
The very existence of assisted dying creates an expectation that we will surrender to our negativity.
Continue Reading → Soaring hopes as an antidote to assisted suicide
The British High Court will soon here the case of Noel Conway on whether he can receive a ‘medically assisted’ death. The key to that request is the word ‘medically’.
Continue Reading → We need to talk about how assisted dying affects doctors