California has published data for the first half year of its 2016 End of Life.Options law. The California Department of … Read More
What news from the Golden State?
California seems to be headed in a similar direction to Oregon The report, issued this week by the California Department of … Read More
Interim report issued on Canada’s ‘Medical Assistance in Dying’ Law.
Over 800 deaths from euthanasia in first six months The Government of Canada has published an interim report on the operation of … Read More
A changing pattern of death.
The Latest News from The Netherlands Offers No Reassurance In 2001 The Netherlands enacted its ‘Termination of Life on Request … Read More
Dutch euthanasia review committees publish 2016 report.
Deaths from euthanasia and assisted suicide in The Netherlands rise by 10 per cent The Regional Euthanasia Review Committees in … Read More
What news from abroad? The latest report from Oregon.
A change in the upward trend? Or just a pause? The Public Health Division of the Oregon Health Authority has … Read More
Physician-assisted suicide in Oregon in 2016.
Oregon publishes data relating to legalised assisted suicide in 2016 The Oregon Health Authority has published its statistical analysis of … Read More
Deaths from PAS in Washington State 2015.
Another Sharp Rise in deaths from legalised physician-assisted suicide. Washington State, which legalised physician-assisted suicide for terminally-ill people in 2008, … Read More
What if…. ‘Assisted Dying’ were to be legalised?
If we are wise, we will learn from the experience of others rather than from our own mistakes In an article published … Read More
Assisting suicide is not a role for doctors.
On 21 June the British Medical Association, at its Annual Representative Meeting, rejected a Motion that its policy of opposition … Read More