Year: 2008
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Conscience vote meaningless unless it is a two-way street
Conscience vote meaningless unless it is a two-way street Denying another’s freedom while exercising one’s own…
Don’t jail my husband if he helps me to die, pleads MS sufferer
Don’t jail my husband if he helps me to die, pleads MS sufferer Debbie Purdy talks…
Pensioner smothered wife of 57 years in mercy killing
Pensioner smothered wife of 57 years in mercy killing A retired civil servant admitted smothering his…
A right to dignified death
A right to dignified death The Law Commission in India recently recommended that euthanasia be legalized,…
Paralysed woman given right to die
Paralysed woman given right to die A woman paralysed from the neck down for more than…
I’m going to die on Monday at 6.15pm
I’m going to die on Monday at 6.15pm When Marc Weide’s mother was diagnosed with terminal…
End-of-Life Choices a Complicated Affair
End-of-Life Choices a Complicated Affair End-of-life and other critical medical decisions that arise when patients can’t…
Suicide websites ‘to be blocked’
Suicide websites ‘to be blocked’ Websites which encourage teenagers to commit suicide will be blocked under…
Right-to-die case faces legal challenge in Italy
Right-to-die case faces legal challenge in Italy State prosecutors in Italy lodged an appeal on Thursday…
10 percent more reported cases of euthanasia in 2007 in the Netherlands
10 percent more reported cases of euthanasia in 2007 in the Netherlands by Alex Schadenberg Executive…
Urgent support
We support people facing the end of life and promote choice at that time; we don’t provide information about methods of ending life. For urgent support, Samaritans are on 116 123, free, day or night. Breathing Space is on 0800 83 85 87. For questions about your own care, your GP or palliative care team is the right first call.