Showing posts with label suicide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label suicide. Show all posts
Sunday, March 16, 2025

A Canadian MAID doctor recalls her first time

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 Yesterday's post was about medical aid in dying (MAID) in Switzerland, and the decision of a courageous scientist.  Below are some exc...
Saturday, March 15, 2025

Danny Kahneman's final decision

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Danny Kahneman spent his life thinking about how humans make decisions.  His final decision was to travel to Switzerland to avail himself of...
Monday, January 27, 2025

Derek Humphry, Pivotal Figure in Right-to-Die Movement, (1930-2025)

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 Here's the NYT obit: Derek Humphry, Pivotal Figure in Right-to-Die Movement, Dies at 94 His own experience assisting his terminally ill...
Thursday, January 2, 2025

Diane Coleman, Fierce Foe of the Right-to-Die Movement, (1953-2024)

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 A courageous, long-lived disability-rights activist who made an eloquent case against medical aid in dying has died. Diane Coleman, Fierce ...
Sunday, December 15, 2024

MAID in Canada,

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  Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) in Canada is regulated more liberally than in many places, since it doesn't require the recipients to be t...
Saturday, November 30, 2024

Britain moves towards legalizing medical aid in dying

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  The Guardian has the story: MPs vote for bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales Terminally ill adults with less than six mon...
Sunday, November 24, 2024

A medically aided death in New Jersey: Pat Koch Thaler

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 Following a full life, a peaceful end. Pat Koch Thaler, Sister to a Famed Mayor, Chose to Die on a Saturday Ms. Thaler, a former dean at N....
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Medical aid in dying comes up for a vote in England

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  The upcoming vote on legalizing medical aid in dying in England and Wales has attracted controversy along lines that will be familiar to r...
Friday, October 11, 2024

Medical Aid in Dying Laws in the U.S.

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  JAMA has a review of the current state of medical aid in dying in the 12 U.S. jurisdictions (if Delaware proceeds) that now allow it. Medi...
Sunday, August 25, 2024

Travel for medical aid in dying

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  CBS has the story: Why Americans are traveling to Vermont and Oregon to die ""Dying with medical assistance wasn't an option...
Thursday, June 6, 2024

Medical aid in dying debated in NY, extended in the Netherlands

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 Here are two related stories, one from the NYT about a debate on whether to allow medical aid in dying in New York State. The other is from...
Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Vatican statement on gender-affirming surgery and human dignity

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 A new statement from the Vatican has been widely covered in the press. Here's the story from the National Catholic Reporter: Vatican co...
Friday, March 1, 2024

Medical aid in dying--the ongoing debate in Britain

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 The Guardian has this opinion piece, connected to the current debate in England about medically assisted dying, and the slippery slope: I’m...
Thursday, February 15, 2024

Medical aid in dying, together, in the Netherlands

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The Guardian has the story: Duo euthanasia: former Dutch prime minister dies hand in hand with his wife. Dries and Eugenie van Agt, both 93,...