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April 6, 2025
When Compassion is called Murder by the Police?
When Compassion is called Murder … A Queensland woman Kylie Truswell-Mobbs has been charged with murder after allegedly ‘accelerating’ her dying husband’s death. Police claim the woman gave her partner a ‘double dose’ of pain medication, killing him within hours reports Demi Huang for 7News Australia. A Queensland woman has been charged with the alleged […]
March 25, 2025
Euthanasia Trends Upwards in the Netherlands
Last year, a total of 9,958 euthanasia cases were registered with the review committees reports Eva Klute for de Volkskrant. This increase can be partially explained by the ageing population, but the number of euthanasia notifications also rose in relation to the total mortality rate: from 5.4 to 5.8 percent. There is no reason to […]
March 23, 2025
Exit Member & Nobel Prize Winner Daniel Kahneman
In what would, at the time, be treated as a top secret death, Exit Member Daniel Kahneman used Exit’s Swiss Application Assistance Program to get help to die in Switzerland. Assisted by Exit and accompanied by an Exit support person on the day, with Exit’s invaluable help Kahneman was able to get the death he […]
March 20, 2025
Insurance & Assisted Suicide
As the UK looks ahead to a major change in the concept of ‘end of life’, the insurance industry has about 2 and a half years to prepare itself writes Meg Bratley. Eleos, a fully digital provider of life insurance, considers what that means. On 29th November 2024 the ‘Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) […]
March 2, 2025
The Last Resort – New Swedish TV Series on Assisted Suicide
Last month, a new 4-part series was screened on Swedish TV, titled ‘The Last Resort’ (‘Sista Hjalpen’ in Swedish). The director/ journalist is well known Swedish presenter, Anna Lindman. Unfortunately, at this stage, the series is only available in Swedish. But below is the synopsis in English. What is important about the series, as far […]
March 1, 2025
Russian Language Podcast
If you speak Russian then you are in luck as you can tune in to a new 2-part podcast interview with Exit Founder, Dr Philip Nitschke. In the podcast, Philip discusses his almost 30-years of working in the right to die movement in Australia and the Netherlands. He speaks at length about how he came […]
