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Suicide clinics give patients 'much-needed service' says Kirk minister
Liverpool :: United Kingdom | about 17 hours ago
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Church of Scotland minister has praised the work of Dignitas, the Swiss-based assisted suicide group, and accused Britain of "exporting" its ethical dilemma overseas. Dr John Cameron said Dignitas provided a "much needed service" for individuals who want...
Tags: Dignitas, human life, Scotland, Dr Cameron, assisted suicide, United Kingdom, Liverpool, Medical ethics, Suicide, Palliative care, Euthanasia, Disability rights, Homicide
Vietnamese medical staff train to meet psychosocial needs of cancer patients
Hanoi :: Vietnam | 1 day ago
Credibility Vietnam's cancer hospitals are hoping to have full time social workers in the near future, and much of this desire stems from the ongoing training that Singapore medical social workers are providing for doctors and nurses at the National K Hospitals in...
Tags: Vietnamese, medical staff, social workers, Vietnam, Hanoi, Medical ethics, Death, Palliative care, Hospital, Euthanasia, Hospice, Disability rights, Homicide, Health Medical Pharma
Ex-Air Force nurse acquitted of killing patients
San Antonio :: TX :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility A military judge in Texas has found a former Air Force nurse accused of killing three terminally ill patients not guilty of murder. Fontana has been in the Air Force since 2006 and served a tour in Iraq in 2007. He worked as an intensive care nurse at...
Tags: Ex-Air Force, Lackland Air Force Base, force nurse, ill patients, Michael Fontana, terminally ill, San Antonio, Military nurse, Fontana, Nurse, 59th Medical Wing, Fontana California, Nursing, Health Medical Pharma, Law Crime, War Conflict, Politics, Intensive-care medicine, Emergency medicine, Intensive care medicine, Homicide, Medical ethics, Euthanasia, ER, Terminal illness, Death, Palliative medicine, Disability rights
Thanksgiving: Time to discuss end-of-life
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Thanksgiving is a perfect time to talk to family members about end-of-life wishes, a U.S. group of doctors who specialize in end-of-life issues says. The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine offers assistance for such conversations to ensure...
Tags: life wishes, Chicago, Euthanasia, Healthcare in the United States, Advance health care directive, Palliative care, End-of-life, Medical ethics, Palliative medicine, Hospice, Health Medical Pharma
Change of heart sinks euthanasia bill
Sydney :: Australia | 5 days ago
Credibility A conscience vote was poised to finish at 10-all with the president of the Legislative Council, Bob Sneath, to make the casting vote in its favour. But Liberal MP David Ridgway rose just before the vote to withdraw his support and the bill was defeated...
Tags: Australia, Sydney, Homicide, Conscience, Politics, Medical ethics, Death, Euthanasia, Social Issues, Health Medical Pharma
SA parliament rejects euthanasia bill
Sydney :: Australia | 5 days ago
Credibility But the Australian Greens' author of the bill, Mark Parnell, still believes voluntary euthanasia laws will be passed in SA "one day". Mr Parnell's voluntary euthanasia bill was defeated in the Upper House by a vote of 11 to nine late on Wednesday, with...
Tags: Mr Parnell, voluntary euthanasia, big disappointment, Australia, Sydney, Euthanasia, Homicide, Ann Bressington, Mark Parnell, Parnell-Bressington filibuster, Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, Medical ethics, Death, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues, Australian Greens, Euthanasia and the law, Politics, Disability rights
Inside the Dignitas house
Zurich :: Switzerland | 6 days ago
Credibility But what is it really like inside the world's first assisted suicide clinic? The room at the Dignitas house, near Zurich, in which people end their lives. Photograph: David Levene Ludwig Minelli is explaining the best techniques for an efficient suicide...
Tags: Mr Minelli, David Levene Ludwig Minelli, Dignitas, assisted suicides, Greek, Switzerland, Zurich, Beatrice Bucher, Britain, ones persons, Assisted suicide, Suicide tourism, Edward Downes, Suicide, Daniel James, Euthanasia, Ludwig Minelli, Social Issues
Justice Scalia speaks about Constitution in Ohio
Columbus :: OH :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (AN'-toh-nihn skuh-LEE'-uh) has said in a speech at Ohio State University the Constitution is best treated as an original document within the context of its historical creation, not as a text subject to modern reinterpretation.
Tags: Ohio Parole Board, Kenneth Biros, Columbus, Romell Broom, Capital punishment, Euthanasia, Lethal injection, Medical ethics, Social Issues, Law Crime, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court of the United States, Antonin Scalia, Bradley Foundation, Originalism, Ted Strickland, Parole, Murder, Criminal law, Parole board
Theology's unintended consequences | Peter Singer
Luxemburg :: Luxembourg | 7 days ago
Credibility Theology's unintended consequences In the tumult of events such as Hurricane Katrina, the niceties of the Catholic doctrine of 'double effect' can easily be lost Of all the arguments against voluntary euthanasia, the most influential is the "slippery...
Tags: double effects, Sheri Fink, voluntary euthanasia, Luxembourg, Luxemburg, Disability rights, Homicide, Euthanasia, Morphine, Anna Pou case, Medical ethics, Analgesics, Opioids, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
Ohio: 1 lethal injection drug should end lawsuit
Columbus :: OH :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility Ohio — Ohio says its decision to become the first state to execute inmates using one drug eliminates further discussion of whether the injection causes pain and could be unconstitutional. Some death penalty opponents agree but say it could be years before...
Tags: Ohio, romell broom, lethal injection, death penalty, execution inmates, drug cocktail, drug method, Columbus, Execution chamber, Capital punishment, Capital punishment in the United States, Electric chair, Kenneth Biros, Richard Cordray, Social Issues, Law Crime, Animal euthanasia, Death Penalty Information Center, Euthanasia, Barbiturate, Medical ethics, Sodium thiopental, Capital punishment in Maryland, Pancuronium, Participation of medical professionals in American executions, Christopher Newton
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