End Of Life Decisions - End of Life Decisions

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors are notoriously bad at delivering that tough message: You are going to die.But a new study shows a short training program might help them communicate better about terminal cancer, giving the patient emotional support and involving ...

Author Terry Pratchett, who has Alzheimer's, on Tuesday defended making a film showing a man dying at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland.Assisted suicide is illegal in Britain and anti-euthanasia campaigners complained that the programme "Choosing to Die", broadcast by the BBC ...

PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Sales of suicide kits, like the do-it-yourself asphyxiation hood used by a man to kill himself late last year, could soon be outlawed in the state of Oregon.The state's House of Representative passed the bill on Monday to ...

PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Sales of suicide kits, like the do-it-yourself asphyxiation hood used by an Oregon man to kill himself late last year, would be outlawed under a bill passed on Monday by the Oregon House of Representatives.Sponsors say the bill ...

TROY, Mich (Reuters) - Friends and admirers of Jack Kevorkian -- known as "Dr. Death" for his prominent role in the U.S. debate on assisted suicide -- remembered him for his quieter, ascetic side, at a memorial service on Friday.The doctor, who ...

The American pathologist, Jack Kevorkian, dubbed "Doctor Death" for helping dozens of terminally-ill people to commit suicide, died Friday at the age of 83 in a Michigan hospital."It was peaceful, he didn't feel a thing," his attorney Mayer Morganroth said of Kevorkian, ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Voters in Zurich overwhelmingly rejected on Sunday proposed bans on assisted suicide and "suicide tourism" -- foreigners traveling to Switzerland to receive help ending their lives.Only 15.5 percent of voters in the local referendum backed a ban on assisted ...

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A 91-year-old California woman selling do-it-yourself asphyxiation kits for $60 apiece says business is booming since a depressed but otherwise healthy young man used her product to kill himself in Oregon.Notoriety surrounding Sharlotte Hydorn's home-based mail order operation ...

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Sean Manning was about to turn 27 when his mother collapsed with a heart attack and then was diagnosed with cancer, the start of a 13-month hospital odyssey that ended in her death aged just short of 60.An ...

Actor Sir Patrick Stewart has declared his wish to be allowed an assisted death.Stewart, best known for his role as Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek, spoke to The Sunday Times about his decision to become a patron of Dignity in Dying, which ...

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Topic: End Of Life Decisions

Training helps doctors talk to dying patients

Pratchett defends suicide film

State votes to outlaw sale of suicide kits

Oregon House votes to outlaw sale of suicide kits

"Dr. Death" Kevorkian remembered for ascetic side

America's 'Doctor Death,' Jack Kevorkian dies at 83

Zurich voters reject ban on "suicide tourism"

91-year-old stands by "exit kits" despite suicide furor

Book Talk: Caring for a mother at the end

Patrick Stewart backs right to assisted death

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