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Brussels conference also a celebration
Aug 20, 1970
Before going to Brussels, my Berlitz guidebook told me that the people of this city "resolved long ago to have a good time, come what may, and their stoic enjoyment of life is very contagious ". And, with over a hundred different Belgian beers available, it was certainly a great place and occasion, last September, to celebrate the fact that Belgium had legalized (by a final vote of 86 to 51) physician-assisted dying in May 2002.
Position Statement on Euthanasia
Aug 20, 1970
The national peak body for palliative care, Palliative Care Australia, issued their most recent Statement on Euthanasia (Why not voluntary euthanasia?, one might ask.) in March 1999 at their Nation
Campaigner fights muzzle
Aug 20, 1970
Voluntary euthanasia campaigner Lesley Martin, who has been charged with the attempted murder of her mother, will fight in court next week against a muzzling order.
The Case of New Zealand Euthanasia Activist Leslie Martin
Aug 20, 1970
List of articlesThe Case of New Zealand Euthanasia Activist Leslie Martin
List of Articles
Patient Refusal of Nutrition and Hydration
Aug 20, 1970
Ira R. Byock, American Journal Hospice & Palliative Care, March/April 1995.
Film on Ramon Sampedro' s life to be shown in Venice mostra next September
Aug 20, 1970
The film "Mar Adentro" ("Out to the Sea") based on Ramon Sampedro´s life and fight to die-with-dignity has been chosen to be shown in The International Film Festival in Venice (La Mostra).
Man wins right to die at home
Aug 20, 1970
BY ADAM FRESCO, The Times of London
A terminally ill man won a legal battle yesterday for the right to die at home after a health authority agreed to fund his nursing care. Lawyers for Jason Powell, who has multiple sclerosis and pneumonia and has only a few months to live, challenged Dyfed Powys Health Authority's refusal to fund home care as a breach of his human rights.
First conviction of a non-doctor
Aug 20, 1970
On April 10, 2003, the Groningen courts made the first conviction of a Dutch citizen who is not a practising doctor for assisting a suicide. Mr Willem Muns who works for Stichting De Einder Noord (a society that offers support and information to persons considering voluntary euthanasia) was given a six-months suspended sentence and two years probation (He had spent 50 days in jail before the court-case).
Vacco, Attorney General of New York v. Quill, 117 S.Ct. 2293, 138 L.Ed.2d (1997)
Aug 20, 1970
Right to die case taken to European court
Aug 20, 1970
A terminally-ill woman took her fight for the right to "die with dignity" to the European court of human rights today.