by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Exit International in Switzerland that facilities assisted suicides is no longer reserving them for the terminally ill. At its annual conference and general membership meeting, the organization overwhelmingly adopted a resolution to that effect. The resolution...
by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
An assisted-suicide bill that allows doctors and nurses to suggest death by unconscious dehydration has barely passed the California State Assembly. AB 2747 would authorize total sedation without nutrition and hydration for depressed and confused patients, whether or...
by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Swiss prosecutors in the region of Zurich have instituted stricter regulations that are intended to curb the growing problem of “suicide tourism,” reports The Telegraph. Numerous high-profile cases over the last several years of foreigners traveling to...
by APFLI | May 19, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
After Montana joined Washington and Oregon in legalizing physician-assisted suicide late last year, Montanans trying to kill themselves are having trouble finding a doctor to fill their “exit prescriptions.” The Denver-based assisted suicide advocacy group...
by APFLI | May 18, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
About one-third of family caregivers admit to abusive behavior toward their family member with dementia, mainly verbal abuse, a new survey suggests. Although levels of physical or frequent abuse were low, those with the most abusive behavior might have been afraid to...
