February 3, 2020
‘With this I never have to depend on a doctor’ – New Dutch Report on Completed Life
Halfway through the conversation Henk (83) is suddenly holding a large key in his hands. He carefully walks down the stairs to the gray vault in the basement of his house. There he unpacks a small plastic box with two jars. There are two white pills in each jar. “Look,” he says cheerfully, holding one […]
February 1, 2020
Sarco 3D Printed Euthanasia Capsule
From February Sarco is on display at the Cube Design Museum in Kerkrade as part of a new exhibition titled: (Re)design Death – a new exhibition of Dutch and international design projects related to death and the rituals surrounding it. The exhibition runs until 24 January 2021. More information about the exhibition can be found […]
January 15, 2020
January 2021 Update – Now Available
The January update is essential reading if one has drugs that are old, of dubious quality or in insufficient quantities. ‘Potentiation Drugs’ create the all-important ‘cardiac switch’ ensuring a peaceful and reliable passing in one’s sleep. The discussion of premedication offers insights into how risks can be minimized and errors avoided. Also included in the […]
January 13, 2020
Wall Street Journal – ‘My 100 Love Letters to my Dying Father’
Wall Street Journal, Kimberly Cutter
Two days before Christmas, my father told me he was thinking about shooting himself. It was the winter of 2014, and we were alone in his guesthouse in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I remember the cold electricity of the moment. I sat down on the coffee table and stared at him, blood ringing in my […]
December 24, 2019
A design for death: meeting the bad boy of the euthanasia movement
The Economist 1843 Magazine, Mark Smith
It’s a sunny autumn morning in the Jordaan, Amsterdam’s chocolate-boxiest district. Over tea in a modishly renovated maisonette, a voluble Australian 72 year-0ld wearing round glasses and fashionable denim is regaling me with his new-year plans, which involve “an elegant gas chamber” stationed at a secret location in Switzerland and “a happily dead body”. My host’s […]
December 10, 2019
History made as Voluntary Assisted Dying Dying becomes Law in WA
The McGowan Government’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill will now become law after the lower house signed off on the Legislative Council’s amendments. Western Australia has become the third jurisdiction in the federation – and 19th in the world – to legalise euthanasia, with the McGowan government’s voluntary assisted dying law clearing its final parliamentary hurdle […]
December 6, 2019
WA assisted dying laws pass through upper house
The West Australian government is set to end the year with legislative victory after its euthanasia laws passed the upper house. Legislative Council MPs on Thursday voted 24-11 in favour of the bill, bringing to an end several months of heated and emotional debate. The upper house made more than 50 amendments during marathon debate […]
November 26, 2019
Vast Majority Support Euthanasia – NL
Hollandse Hoogte / Frank Muller / Zorginbeeld @ CBS.nl
Euthanasia should under certain circumstances be allowed, according to 87 percent of the adult population in the Netherlands. Conversely, 8 percent are opposed to euthanasia under all circumstances and 5 percent are unable or unwilling to say anything about it. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports this based on the survey Perceptions 2018. Religion plays an important […]