Respecting the right to die
TweetA BMJ blogger, William Lee, writes of his disquiet following a visit to a meeting held by Dr Philip Nitschke, director of EXIT International, who is in the UK promoting his new ‘guide to suicide’....
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TweetThe debate has been rumbling on for a year, but last month the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that manufacturers of antiepileptic drugs will have to add warnings to package...
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TweetThe fall in share prices was unprecedented. His stocks were now worthless and the President of the New York County Trust Bank, J.J. Riordan, had lost a fortune. As the bank closed for the week, he...
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TweetWith the recording of a narrative verdict following the inquest, the death of Kerrie Woolterton is once again making headlines. I wrote about this case of a young woman presenting with...
View ArticleSoldier Suicides
Tweet“Of the more than 30000 people who fall to suicide nationwide each year, 20 per cent are veterans. About 18 veterans commit suicide every day”. The US Veterans Affairs Secretary, Eric Shinseki,...
View ArticleRespecting the right to die
A BMJ blogger, William Lee, writes of his disquiet following a visit to a meeting held by Dr Philip Nitschke, director of EXIT International, who is in the UK promoting his new ‘guide to suicide’. He...
View ArticleAntiepileptic Alert: scaremongering or suicide prevention?
The debate has been rumbling on for a year, but last month the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that manufacturers of antiepileptic drugs will have to add warnings to package inserts...
View ArticleFinancial Suicide
The fall in share prices was unprecedented. His stocks were now worthless and the President of the New York County Trust Bank, J.J. Riordan, had lost a fortune. As the bank closed for the week, he took...
View ArticleRespecting the right to die…revisited
With the recording of a narrative verdict following the inquest, the death of Kerrie Woolterton is once again making headlines. I wrote about this case of a young woman presenting with self-poisoning...
View ArticleSoldier Suicides
“Of the more than 30000 people who fall to suicide nationwide each year, 20 per cent are veterans. About 18 veterans commit suicide every day”. The US Veterans Affairs Secretary, Eric Shinseki, was...
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