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January 9, 2025
Assisted suicide as told by the first doctor to administer the lethal voluntary injection
The founder of Exit International, Philip Nitschke, talks about the evolution of the end of life from a political and social point of view. And what changes with technology A revolutionary and visionary, back in the 1990s Australian physicist and former doctor Philip Nitschke was the first in the world to administer the voluntary lethal […]
January 5, 2025
Young women & Euthanasia in the NL
Young women who request euthanasia in the Netherlands often have a long history in youth care and mental health services according to new research by suicide prevention group ‘113′ and the ‘Euthanasia Expertise Centre’ (the group which advises on euthanasia requests). 397 euthanasia requests from young people Three per cent of all requests made during […]
December 29, 2024
Never before has there been so much public focus on self-determination
Suicide capsule ‘Sarco’, Middel X – ‘Never before has there been so much public focus on self-determination around death as now’ Jos van Wijk never minced words: one’s own dying, the 70-year-old believes, is a private matter. No one else needs to interfere with that. Van Wijk made his conviction his work; until 2023, he […]
December 20, 2024
Everyone has the right to die, believes the inventor of the Sarco
Everyone has the right to die, believes the inventor of the suicide capsule. ‘There is nothing wrong with what I am doing’ Philip Nitschke worked on his suicide capsule, the Sarco, for ten years. Its first use led to a criminal investigation. Nevertheless, he continues. ‘You don’t have to be a doctor to understand death.’ […]
December 19, 2024
Rijksmuseum Boerhaave to include suicide capsule in collection
The Sarco, the suicide capsule first used in September, will enter the collection of Rijksmuseum Boerhaave in Leiden reports Susan Wichgers Usually, the national Dutch museum of the history of science and medicine, the Boerhaave, collects objects that have already made their mark, says collections manager Christel Schollaardt. The early respirator the iron lung, for […]
December 18, 2024
Euthanasia Is Now The Cause Of 1 In 20 Deaths In Canada
An annual report by the Canadian government showed that deaths by euthanasia have steadily grown since it became legal. Since the establishment of Canada’s Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID) law in 2016, more than 60,000 people have used euthanasia to die. Euthanasia accounted for 15,343 deaths in 2023 or 4.7% or about 1 in 20 […]
