Euthanasia Issues
Home > Euthanasia IssuesFirst euthanasia in Netherlands of severe Alzheimer’s patient performed
A woman with advanced Alzheimer’s disease has been euthanized in the Netherlands, a first in a country that requires patients to be fully mentally alert to request to die, activists said Wednesday…
Why we should be afraid of assisted suicide
This article’s focus is physician-assisted suicide. Legalizing this practice would be a recipe for elder abuse. Legalization would also empower the Canadian health-care system to the detriment of individual patient rights…
Suicide, euthanasia bill causes disabled man profound worry, distress
The 3.6 million – or one out of eight – Canadians who live with disabilities already feel unwanted, unequal and unaccepted by Canadian society, he told a Dec. 1 news conference on Parliament Hill…
I Need Help
I need HELP ASAP and have not been able to find any. My husband’s two sisters, brother and one granddaughter are euthanizing his mother…
Misinformed Family Members
My mother died last year in hospital, because the doctor dealing with her decided her life wasn’t worth the expenses…
79% of United Kingdom Nurses say ‘No’ to assisted suicide
A recent survey carried out on Nurses.co.uk showed that only 20.9% of UK nurses think that assisted suicide should be legalised here…
Kill the Pain Not the Patient
A Canadian study on palliative care, published in the August 1995 American Journal of Psychiatry, reinforced what past research had documented – when physical pain is controlled and depression is treated, terminally ill people do not want to die…
Starvation at the Grey Nuns
The following is a presentation made by Mrs. Bev Headington at the Elder Advocates Of Alberta Society Press Conference held at the Old Timer’s Cabin on May 21, 2006. Note: Contains some graphic images
None Dare Call It Euthanasia
Evidence grows that patients are being deliberately starved and dehydrated to death.
Physician Assisted Suicide Unconstitutional
Federal Judge Michael Hogan ruled that Ballot Measure 16, adapted by a small majority of Oregon voters in November 1994, violates the equal protection guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution…
Stop Trying to Kill Us Off
The legalization of premature death as a treatment option is a threat to disabled people…
British College Endorses Killing Disabled Babies
A leading British medical college has called on the health profession to consider euthanasia for seriously disabled newborn babies…
James Bain: Failure To Provide The Necessities Of Life
Case study of James Bain, including a letter to the Minister of Justice, and photos of his condition. Warning: contains some disturbing images
Zyprexa (Olanzapine) As A Vehicle For Euthanasia Of The Elderly In Nursing Homes
Certain Physicians in Alberta are using ZYPREXA as a vehicle for Euthanasia of the elderly in Nursing Homes – without a doubt….
Euthenasia Deaths Not Always Easy, Study Finds
When a doctor hastens the death of a terminally ill patient, the end is not always easy or peaceful, says a report in the New England Journal of Medicine…