Text from the debate between Dr Mark Komrad, Faculty of Psychiatry Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland and Dr David Pollack, Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health and Sciences University sponsored by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Dr Komrad believes that doctors should care for their patients and never kill. Mark Komrad The 2300-year-old historyContinue reading “Psychiatrists—we prevent suicide, not provide it!”
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Nine Elderly Couples Were Euthanized in the Netherlands
This article was published by Wesley Smith on May 8, 2019. Wesley Smith By Wesley Smith Joint suicides by elderly couples used to be considered a tragedy. In the Netherlands, doctors killing elderly couples together is a considered medical treatment (Belgium too, and at least once in Canada). 2018 Netherlands euthanasia data: Deaths are lowerContinue reading “Nine Elderly Couples Were Euthanized in the Netherlands”
Euthanasia drops by 7% in the Netherlands in 2018.
By Richard Egan, researcher with the Australian Care Alliance The latest annual report on euthanasia and assisted suicide from the Netherlands shows that in 2018 the number of reported deaths by euthanasia decreased – for the first time since legalisation – to 6126 (a 7% decrease from 6585 cases in 2017).Dutch deaths by euthanasiaContinue reading “Euthanasia drops by 7% in the Netherlands in 2018.”
Magazine article promotes euthanasia for people with dementia.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition There is a concerted campaign led by Canada’s euthanasia lobby to extend euthanasia to people with dementia, who previously expressed a wish to die by euthanasia. Audrey Parker died on November 1, 2018 as part of a DWD campaign to promote euthanasia for incompetent people (Link to the article).AnContinue reading “Magazine article promotes euthanasia for people with dementia.”
Death by Organ Donation – Euthanizing patients for organs.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Dr E Wesley Ely E. Wesley Ely, who, among his other professional accolades, holds The Grant W. Liddle Chair in Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, wrote an insightful article that was published in the USA Today (today) titled: Death by organ donation: Euthanizing patients for their organs gains frightening traction.Continue reading “Death by Organ Donation – Euthanizing patients for organs.”
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