January 4, 2016
Peaceful Pill eHandbook Now Available on All Devices
Most Recent Update: 1 January 2016 The best-selling Peaceful Pill eHandbook is now available on: PCs/ Laptops – Mac & PC iPads & iPhones All Androids inc phones & tablets Despite a few teething problems, the Peaceful Pill eHandbook is now available on all the above without the need for 3rd party software. A 24-month […]
November 27, 2015
Euthanasia Campaigner Philip Nitschke Sets Medical License Alight
Euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke has set fire to his medical practising certificate, and vowed to continue to advise terminally ill patients about how to take their own lives. The Medical Board of Australia had set out 25 conditions for the prominent campaigner to comply with if he wanted to remain a practising doctor. They included […]
November 27, 2015
Medical Registration Resignation Statement
I have now had a month to consider the 26 conditions the Medical Board have imposed on my medical registration, and to survey the membership of Exit International. Before commenting on several of the more onerous conditions and my planned response, I will make one general observation. The conditions the Board has sought impose on […]
November 8, 2015
Andrew Denton Falls for Doctors’ Spin in Euthanasia Debate
Fiona Stewart, Sydney Morning Herald
For at least the past two decades, Melbourne urologist Dr Rodney Syme has been advocating medically-controlled voluntary euthanasia, or assisted suicide as it is now called. An alumni of the Melbourne establishment, Syme has insisted that a “good doctor” should distribute Nembutal to patients who he considers worthy. The decision would be the doctor’s alone. […]
November 1, 2015
Silencing Philip Nitschke won’t stop need for death with dignity
Terry Sweetman, The Courier-Mail
Silencing euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke won’t stop need for death with dignity EVEN before attending a Dying With Dignity meeting, I understood the inevitability of the former and the uncertainty of the latter. People might face death bravely, stoically or even cavalierly, but they never beat it. And, I have seen little that suggests much […]
October 30, 2015
Protected: Welcome to our Exit Members-Only Survey on the Future of Exit International
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October 26, 2015
Nitschke may give up Medical Registration
Euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke may consider giving up his medical registration after being forced to agree with a “gun to his head” to stop providing suicide and euthanasia advice. The Medical Board of Australia on Monday imposed 25 strict conditions on Dr Nitschke in a mediated settlement that will require he practise only in the […]
October 26, 2015
PRESS RELEASE: Resolution of Complaints by the Medical Board of Australia
Exit’s Official Response to the ‘Official’ Press Release Approved by the Australian Medical Board At the end of the day, it’s all about who’s got the most money to pay the lawyers … As the incoming Director of Exit International, public health sociologist, Dr Fiona Stewart, has called the Medical Board’s gag order on her […]