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A Law Reform Commission has recommended the Irish

HUMAN Media (the Dutch humanistic broadcast foundation) has recently provided an English subtitled version of the Dutch documentary called “Mag ik dood?” (“Please let me die”), dealing with the problem of the lack of help for people with a chronic mental illness who wish to die. Documentary maker Eveline van Dijck takes you along in her search for answers, after the suicide of her sister Cathma.

September 28, 2009: Pour des lecteurs francophones, voici une traduction francaise de la conférence de Dr Rodney Syme, conférencier-invité principal à la Faculté de Droit de l’Université de

As anounced earlier – see newsitem this website from September  21 – the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP),

September 23, 2009: Rodney Syme (DWD Victoria, Australia) analysed three recent (August 2009) legal decisions in Australia that are of more widespread interest.

You can download his analysis by clicking here

His conclusions after the analysis were:

On 13 and 14 October, 2009,  Compassion & Choices is proud to present the Symposium Dignity & Choices in

September 21, 2009: After the backing this year by the Law Lords of Debbie Purdy, calling for a policy statement on whether people assisting someone with his or her suicide should be prosecu

A Dutch survey into the practice of decisions at the end of life of patients with MND

September 10, 2009: As from today you can read the July, 2009 VE Bulletin of SAVES.

The New England Journal of Medicine today (NEJM 361;11, September 10,2009) published a letter to the Editor

RELEVANT, the quarterly magazine of the NVVE, Dutch RtD, has published its 3rd number of 2009. The English

The board of the RtD-Europe kindly invites its members to and calls for registration for the Biennial