For Immediate Release:
Dateline: Junction City,
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Thursday, March 3, 2022
Assisted-Dying Bloghttps://assisted-dying.org/blogWeblog of Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society & author of Final Exit, serving the rights of competent, terminally ill adults for 30 yearsSun, 27 Feb 2022 02:55:51 +0000en-UShourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.11792055 - The Pandemic of Dementiahttps://assisted-dying.org/blog/2022/02/26/the-pandemic-of-dementia/https://assisted-dying.org/blog/2022/02/26/the-pandemic-of-dementia/#respondSat, 26 Feb 2022 19:43:00 +0000https://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=4079ALZHEIMER’S — Ways to cope The hot-button issue of end of life choices available to a person with Alzheimer’s Disease or other form of dementia is coming up again in March with the publication of a new book and it’s preview in ‘People’ magazine. If you would like to brief yourself on the various relevant […]The post The Pandemic of Dementia first appeared on Assisted-Dying Blog.]]>https://assisted-dying.org/blog/2022/02/26/the-pandemic-of-dementia/feed/04079
- With updates, this book still selling steadily around the world.– https://www.finalexit.org/ergo-storehttps://assisted-dying.org/blog/2022/02/15/with-updates-this-book-still-selling-steadily-around-the-world/https://assisted-dying.org/blog/2022/02/15/with-updates-this-book-still-selling-steadily-around-the-world/#respondTue, 15 Feb 2022 18:10:40 +0000https://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=4065FinalExit 2020The post With updates, this book still selling steadily around the world.– https://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store first appeared on Assisted-Dying Blog.]]>https://assisted-dying.org/blog/2022/02/15/with-updates-this-book-still-selling-steadily-around-the-world/feed/04065
- Pharmacies show no profit so chains closing themhttps://assisted-dying.org/blog/2022/01/28/pharmacies-show-no-profit-so-chains-closing-them/https://assisted-dying.org/blog/2022/01/28/pharmacies-show-no-profit-so-chains-closing-them/#respondFri, 28 Jan 2022 23:54:08 +0000https://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=4043All across America big chains are closing pharmacies because they are unprofitable. Now it has hit home to me, as local public radio KLCC is reporting…. Veneta’s only pharmacy closes KLCC | By Noah Camuso Published January 28, 2022 at 12:42 PM PST Derek Humphry (91) has lived in Veneta, Oregon, for 32 years. Veneta’s only […]The post Pharmacies show no profit so chains closing them first appeared on Assisted-Dying Blog.]]>https://assisted-dying.org/blog/2022/01/28/pharmacies-show-no-profit-so-chains-closing-them/feed/04043
- 1972 movie predicted today’s medical assisted dyinghttps://assisted-dying.org/blog/2022/01/10/1972-movie-predicted-todays-medical-assisted-dying/https://assisted-dying.org/blog/2022/01/10/1972-movie-predicted-todays-medical-assisted-dying/#respondMon, 10 Jan 2022 23:31:02 +0000https://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=4038Sunday’s Washington Post, looking at the future, had commentary on the 1972 movie ‘SOYLENT GREEN’ and its predictions about the future of medical assisted dying. Extract: Between the food shortages, staggering inequality, oppressive temperatures and stairwells lined with sleeping homeless people, life in “Soylent Green” isn’t a picnic. Perhaps that’s why authorities in the movie […]The post 1972 movie predicted today’s medical assisted dying first appeared on Assisted-Dying Blog.]]>https://assisted-dying.org/blog/2022/01/10/1972-movie-predicted-todays-medical-assisted-dying/feed/04038
- Colombia makes distinctive progress on euthanasiahttps://assisted-dying.org/blog/2022/01/09/colombia-makes-distinctive-progress-on-euthanasia/https://assisted-dying.org/blog/2022/01/09/colombia-makes-distinctive-progress-on-euthanasia/#respondSun, 09 Jan 2022 23:52:51 +0000https://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=4032Choice in dying has long been progressive in Colombia, alone among South American countries. Reuters is reporting: Colombian Victor Escobar became the first person in the Andean country with a non-terminal illness to die by legally regulated euthanasia late on Friday, his lawyer Luis Giraldo confirmed. “We reached the goal for patients like me, who […]The post Colombia makes distinctive progress on euthanasia first appeared on Assisted-Dying Blog.]]>https://assisted-dying.org/blog/2022/01/09/colombia-makes-distinctive-progress-on-euthanasia/feed/04032
- Spanish region uses the new medical aid in dying (MAiD)https://assisted-dying.org/blog/2022/01/02/spanish-region-uses-the-new-medical-aid-in-dying-maid/https://assisted-dying.org/blog/2022/01/02/spanish-region-uses-the-new-medical-aid-in-dying-maid/#respondSun, 02 Jan 2022 23:51:22 +0000https://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=4027Interesting to observe how immediately used is the new medical aid in dying law in Catalonia: On December 2, Catalan health general secretary, Meritxell Masó, published numbers about the people who used the Spanish euthanasia law since the Catalan government implemented this in June 2021 in this part of Spain. Until November 30, 53 requests […]The post Spanish region uses the new medical aid in dying (MAiD) first appeared on Assisted-Dying Blog.]]>https://assisted-dying.org/blog/2022/01/02/spanish-region-uses-the-new-medical-aid-in-dying-maid/feed/04027
- Tutu was a supporter of medical aid in dying (MAiD)https://assisted-dying.org/blog/2021/12/29/tutu-was-a-supporter-of-medical-aid-in-dying-maid/https://assisted-dying.org/blog/2021/12/29/tutu-was-a-supporter-of-medical-aid-in-dying-maid/#respondWed, 29 Dec 2021 19:41:32 +0000https://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=4025
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