Pages tagged "Research"
Evidence-based research without the evidence?
Jul 09, 2020
Evidence-based research without the evidence sounds silly, doesn’t it? But with Victorian health authorities still tight-lipped about the number and kind of euthanasia and assisted suicide cases in the state, those writing about the Victorian experience have very little on which to base their assertions.
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New euthanasia polling shows surprising results
Feb 22, 2019
The majority of people are concerned some people will be pressured into accepting euthanasia or assisted suicide so they wouldn’t be a burden on others, a new poll has found.
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Euthanasia & assisted suicide - a 'sideshow' in end-of-life care
Apr 25, 2017
The Medical Journal of Australia published a commissioned paper this week by US oncologist and bioethicist, Dr Ezekiel Emanuel entitled: Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: focus on the data. Emanuel is a widely published author and commentator on a wide range of subjects. In this article he argues essentially that the focus should shift away from the idea of euthanasia and assisted suicide towards improving the care of dying patients.Naysayers will argue that this is not an 'either-or' proposition; that both can be achieved. Countering that, Emanuel points out that arguments for euthanasia and assisted suicide are really a 'sideshow' in the end-of-life care discussion adding that E & AS are, 'championed by the few for the few, extensively covered by the media, but not targeted to improve the care for most dying patients who still suffer.'
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More than 1324 euthanasia deaths in Canada in less that 12 months.
Apr 22, 2017
Alex Schadenberg Executive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Nicole Ireland with CBC news reported that there have been more than 1324 euthanasia deaths in Canada. The CBC article that promotes euthanasia states:more than 1,300 people in Canada who have died with medical assistance since the option became law. For most of the country, that's been less than a year, as Bill C-14 governing medical assistance in dying passed on June 17, 2016. Quebec legalized medical assistance in dying six months before that, on Dec. 10, 2015.
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Oregon 2016 assisted suicide report. Under-reporting of assisted suicide deaths.
Feb 22, 2017
By Alex Schadenberg Executive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The 2016 Oregon annual assisted suicide report is similar to prior years. The report implies that the deaths were voluntary (self-administered), but the information in the report does not address that subject.According to the 2016 Oregon assisted suicide report:There were 133 reported assisted suicide deaths in 2016.There were 204 lethal prescriptions obtained in 2016.There were 8 deaths from "other illnesses" which included illnesses such as diabetes, hepatitis and alcoholic liver disease.Oregon's assisted suicide law lacks effective oversight.
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Belgium euthanasia report 2015: 41% increase in 4 years.
Nov 11, 2016
An interview with the French news service, Atlantico, with Carine Brochier, Director of the European Bioethics Institute, Brussels. 41% increase in euthanasia in 4 years: an appalling excess due to the legislation on assisted death in Belgium In 2014 to 2015, nearly 4,000 individuals resorted to euthanasia in Belgium, of which 124 due to "behavioral, mental or psychological disorders".
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Latest data from Washington State- deaths up nearly 32%
Aug 17, 2016
Washington State was the second US state to legalise assisted suicide after a ballot initiative. The law commenced in March 2009. The latest data release from the Washington Department of Health for the 2015 calendar year highlights and reinforces concerns. This is particularly important for Victorians where a recent Parliamentary Report recommended a form of legislation that would make it lawful for a doctor to prescribe a lethal dose.Washington's so-called Death with Dignity Act allows adult residents in the state with six months or less to live to request lethal doses of medication from a physician. Like in Oregon, the doctor is required to report all deaths under the act to the Health Authority, not, as Andrew Denton recently said on national television, to the coroner.
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Dutch euthanasia deaths continue to rise in 2015.
May 11, 2016
Alex Schadenberg Executive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The Netherlands 2015 Euthanasia report indicates that euthanasia deaths continue to increase. According to the 2015 report, there were 5561 reported euthanasia deaths in 2015 up from 5306 reported euthanasia deaths in 2014.Since 2006, there has been a 289% increase in euthanasia deaths in the Netherlands.
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Concerns with euthanasia for psychiatric reasons in the Netherlands
Feb 22, 2016
By Alex Schadenberg Executive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The journal JAMA Psychiatry recently published a study on February 10, 2016 examining euthanasia for psychiatric reasons in the Netherlands by researchers Scott Y. H. Kim, MD, PhD; Raymond G. De Vries, PhD; John R. Peteet, MD.The study examined 66 cases of euthanasia for psychiatric reasons between 2011 and 2014. The data for this study was provided by the Netherlands Regional Review Committee.
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