Archives mensuelles : avril 2011

Outrage as ‘how-to-die helpline’ is launched by euthanasia charity

A right-to-die pressure group provoked outrage yesterday over plans to sponsor the UK’s first helpline aimed at speeding the terminally ill towards ‘a good death’. The free phone line, to be set up by a  charity called Compassion in Dying, … Continuer la lecture

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Star Trek actor Patrick Stewart speaks out for assisted suicide

Star Trek star Sir Patrick Stewart has joined the debate which campaigns for legalising assisted suicide in the UK. He becomes a patron for the organisation and believes the choice to have an assisted death « should be a right ». The … Continuer la lecture

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BBC accused of being ‘cheerleader for assisted suicide’ after filming man killing himself in Terry Pratchett documentary

The BBC stands accused of being ‘a cheerleader for assisted suicide’ after filming a man killing himself at the notorious Dignitas clinic for a controversial documentary. Sir Terry Pratchett, a prominent supporter of euthanasia, presents the programme which follows a … Continuer la lecture

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Assisted suicide: Uncle Sam should just butt out

At 94, the legendary actor has developed some definitive views on life — the decision to end it being one of them. And though Ernest Borgnine plays an elderly widower flirting with thoughts of suicide in his latest film, the … Continuer la lecture

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Jasmine the Greyhound

In 2003, police in Warwickshire , England , opened a garden shed and found a whimpering, cowering dog. The dog had been locked in the shed and abandoned. It was dirty and malnourished, and had quite clearly been abused. In … Continuer la lecture

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Salon de la Mort

Ce week- end se tiendra au Carrousel du Louvre un Salon de la Mort….Donc Michel Landa en écrivant son article , il y a 30 ans , cet article qui a été à l’ origine de la création de l’ … Continuer la lecture

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La mort plutôt que la vieillesse, ou l’euthanasie digne et en bonne santé

Mon commentaire après l’article … Une femme britannique de 84 ans – cultivée, intelligente, et riche – a choisi de mourir en Suisse alors qu’elle n’avait pas d’autre maladie qu’une arthrite gênante et douloureuse assez répandue à cet âge. Nan … Continuer la lecture

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Why this lady chose death over dwindling old age

Sarah-Kate Templeton, Health Editor, Sunday Times Like many of the ladies lunching in the restaurants along the fashionable King’s Road in Chelsea, Nan Maitland was discussing the art exhibitions she and her friends wanted to take in. Maitland spoke with … Continuer la lecture

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Returning from Switzerland

I just can‘ t understand that the subject of free choice should be such a non-issue in France. After showing the forlorn faces of the Japanese who have lost everything: family , homes, friends….in a matter of minutes…TF1 ( French … Continuer la lecture

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