Tony Nicklinson's Daughter: Memory and Campaign for Legalised Voluntary Euthanasia Lives On
It was six weeks before my 18th birthday when dad had the stroke.
Thinking back to the moment I first saw him in the Athens intensive care unit still makes my chest ache and tears prick the corners of my eyes. I had to say goodbye to him as we were not sure if he was going to live.
Elderly man guilty of partner's mercy killing
An elderly Perth man has pleaded guilty to murdering his sick partner in a mercy killing. Herbert Bernard Erickson, 81, smothered his disabled partner Julie Kuhn with a pillow at their home in Armadale in January.
Physician-assisted suicide remains illegal in Canada
For yet more evidence of the reality that doctors do hasten death for compassionate reasons and yet may not wish to publicly support assisted dying, go to
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/1277923--physician-assisted-suicide-remains-illegal-in-canada
Many Terminal Cancer Patients Put False Hope in Chemo, Study Finds
To understand how many people do not know what their cancer means, see
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/10/24/many-terminal-cancer-patients-put-false-hope-in-chemo-study-finds
A wife wants her husband kept alive at all costs
To see what can happen when doctors want to discontinue futile treatment against the wishes of the patient and the family, see
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1274426--a-wife-wants-her-husband-kept-alive-at-all-costs
Showing You The Money: Donations For And Against Assisted Suicide
To see how the opposition is outspending the Death with Dignity campaign in Massachusetts, go to
http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2012/10/assisted-suicide-donations
Just another slip of the Abbott
While the Macquarie Dictionary people are updating their definitions they should consider inserting the verb ''to abbott'' as a whole new word. To be abbotted, the passive voice, might also get a look-in. It would be a valuable addition to the political discourse.
Read the rest of Mike Carlton's article ESPECIALLY the section 'One last word on euthanasia' » ...
Voluntary Euthanasia - Adjournment Speech Kate Faehrmann
Since I became involved in the campaign for voluntary euthanasia, I have been overwhelmed by the touching personal stories that members of the community have shared with me. These people have been compelled to share their stories after watching a loved one needlessly suffer excruciating pain before their death.
GPs reluctant to euthanise patients
MORE than 200 Australian doctors have banded together to call for law reform on voluntary euthanasia, but few of them would want to administer a fatal drug dose, the organisation's spokesman says.
Robert Marr, a GP in Sydney, said he was unable to think of any member of Doctors for Voluntary Euthanasia Choice who would want to be responsible for the death of a patient wanting to die.
Doctor slams 'arrogance' on euthanasia
THE views on euthanasia held by the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and the NSW Premier, Barry O'Farrell, are ''supremely arrogant'', says a leading Sydney primary care physician.
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