euthanasia

The Pursuit of Death on Psychiatric Grounds

Frieda Klotz / Undark Jan 17, 2025 The Netherlands allows medically assisted euthanasia for extreme mental suffering. Some doctors question the guardrails. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Child Euthanasia Law Passes Through Parliament in Belgium

Staff / Truthdig Feb 14, 2014 Euthanasia has been legal for adults in Belgium for a dozen years, and now the age limit on the practice is about to be lifted in that country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Death Panel’ Déjà Vu

Staff / Truthdig Aug 14, 2009 Public memory often has a short shelf life, and it doesn't preclude the potential for rapid recycling, according to The New York Times' take on the current "death panel" controversy, considering that a prototypical version of this particular argument made the rounds during the (Internet-enabled) Clinton era. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Rhetoric of Health Care Misinformation

BLANK Aug 11, 2009 What is it about chain e-mails that makes potentially reasonable people who might even be wary of believing everything they read -- at least when it comes to stories generated by media outlets -- so gullible and so willing to latch on to hyperbolic distortions and ideologically driven misinformation campaigns? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kevorkian Sets Sights on Congress

Staff / Truthdig Mar 25, 2008 Dr. Jack Kevorkian, whose controversial work as a euthanasia advocate earned him both the nickname "Dr. Death" and time in the slammer, has a new crusade: to win a seat in Congress. Stranger things have been known to happen in American politics. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Welcome Back, Jack Kevorkian

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2007 After spending eight years in the slammer on a second-degree murder conviction, Dr. Jack Kevorkian (that's him in the blue cardigan), a.k.a. "Dr. Death," is once again a free man -- and he hasn't changed his belief that terminally ill patients have the right to die. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )