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Most British GPs think medical organisations should drop opposition to assisted dying
Feb 5, 2019
More than half of British GPs think organisations such as the RCGP and the BMA should drop opposition to assisted dying and adopt a 'neutral stance'. That is the conclusion of a poll, organised by campaign group Dignity in Dying.
Dying with Dignity Canada publishes January 2019 Newsletter
Feb 2, 2019
Dying with Dignity Canada published its January 2019 Newsletter.
Japan Society for Dying with Dignity publishes Newsletter No.172
Feb 1, 2019
The Japan Society for Dying with Dignity (JSDD) publishes Newsletter No.172.
Court Case of Sean Davison extended to April
Jan 29, 2019
Today, 29 January 2019, the trial of Sean Davison was expected to be continued with new charges being laid. But the Magistrate decided to postpone the case to 29 April “to allow for Davison to consult his lawyer, also extending his bail of ZAR 20,000”, but of course also to grant the
In China, three persons sent to jail for aid in dying of family member
Jan 26, 2019
In China, three family members of a woman who was suffering from an autoimmune disease, were sent to jail for the crime of assisting in dying.
The woman, from Taizhou city in Zhejiang province, eastern China, had asked her son-in-law to buy rat poison to help her end the pain of her illness. The lady then swallowed the poison with her husband, daughter and son-in-law, gathered around her bed to bid her a tearful farewell.
Regional Review Committees publish Euthanasiacode 2018 in different languages
Jan 24, 2019
Dignitas publishes January 2019 Newsletter
Jan 16, 2019
In her newsletter of January the 15th, the non-profit member society DIGNITAS (To live with dignity – To die with dignity) reflects on the year 2018 and gives an outlook for 2019.
Dignitas publiziert January 2019 Medienmitteilung
Jan 16, 2019
In ihrem aktuelle Medienmitteilung vom 15. Januar reflektiert die gemeinnützige Mitgliedsgesellschaft DIGNITAS (Menschenwürdig leben – Menschenwürdig sterben) das Jahr 2018 und gibt einen Ausblick für 2019.
California's End of Life Option Act taken to the Supreme Court
Jan 12, 2019
On January 8, the opponents of California's End of Life Option Act have petitioned the California Supreme Court to review last year's Fourth Court of Appeal decision denying them standing in the case. Last November
Sidney Rosoff (94) founder of WFRtDS died
Jan 6, 2019
Veteran of 40 years involvement with the right-to-die movement, in the USA and worldwide, Sidney D. Rosoff died on 4 January 2019 at his home in New York after a long illness. He was 94. He was founding president of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies in l980.