July 14, 2020
Is Pentobarbital ‘cruel and unusual’ punishment? Executions to Go Ahead
On Monday 13 July, it was reported that a Federal Court of Appeals Judge in Washington DC blocked the four federal executions schedule for July / August 2020 in various US states because ‘pentobarbital-only’ executions were argued to pose “an unconstitutionally significant risk of serious pain.” The US Supreme Court has since stepped in. Listen […]
June 28, 2020
New Doxit Podcast: Miscarriage & the Story of Graham Morant – Now Available
In 2018, Graham Morant was found guilty of inciting (and assisting)his wife Jenny to suicide. This is the first case where a charge of incitement to suicide has led to a conviction. Graham received 6 years for assisting Jenny’s suicide and 10 years for inciting. These sentences were to be served concurrently. but… At the […]
June 28, 2020
What is Voluntary Assisted Dying?
What is Voluntary Assisted Dying? Voluntary Assisted Dying is the newest term to describe the practice of assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia. The term replaces previous terms of medically assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia. The aim of is to get rid of any association with ‘suicide’. Some argue that the golden rule is to bury […]
June 7, 2020
My friend chose an assisted death in Switzerland. Her dying wish was to tell you why
Shortly after 11 a.m. on December 16, 2019, Cindy Siegel Shepler drew her last breath in a spartan room in Basel, Switzerland. The 62-year-old American twisted a knob on her IV pole and soon fell asleep for the last time. I had stayed with her and her husband David in Knoxville, Tennessee, for their last […]
May 17, 2020
Doxit Podcasts: A regular discussion with the authors of the Peaceful Pill Handbook
The Doxits is a regular series of podcasts with the authors of the Peaceful Pill eHandbook. Drs Philip Nitschke & Fiona Stewart discuss the updates to the Peaceful Pill eHandbook as well as interesting Assisted Suicide/ Voluntary Euthanasia news reports from around the world. If you would like to send us your comments, you may […]
May 16, 2020
How much Chloroquine should Donald Trump take?
With all the hype coming out of the White House these days, it’s appropriate to turn our attention back to Chloroquine as an end of life strategy. Far from curing COVID-19, the more sensible question concerns the amount of the drug that a person wishing to end their own life (perhaps including the President) should […]
May 4, 2020
Introducing Exit’s new Man in Melbourne – Damian Flowers
In May 2008, Philip Nitschke received an urgent email requesting a private visit with 30-year old Melbourne writer, Angelique Flowers. Angelique had been diagnosed with stage IV bowel cancer and, as she said, ‘there is on stage V. The email was written by her brother Damian. Angelique died tragically a few months later. Her story […]
April 15, 2020
COVID-19 Peaceful Pill eHandbook Edition
With COVID-19 upon us, the April 2020 update to the online Peaceful Pill eHandbook presents ‘the good death’ (euthanasia) in the context of the pandemic. Topics include: What is a COVID-19 death like? What is it like to be put on a ventilator? If I get COVID, should I refuse medical treatment? Are there any […]