Euthanasia: measuring “unbearable suffering”?
In the event of euthanasia, the concept of “unbearable suffering” is at the heart of the legislation. However, it is ...
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Euthanasia: Anne Bert died in Belgium
Unable to claim medical assistance in dying in France, Anne Bert, suffering from an incurable neurodegenerative disease, underwent euthanasia in ...
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End of life: “our country lives in hypocrisy”
INTERVIEW - More than 50 En Marche deputies, socialists and left-wing radicals, followed Jean-Louis Touraine and signed a bill to ...
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Euthanasia: a French woman regrets having to die in Belgium
Affected by Charcot's disease, the writer decided to resort to euthanasia, and regrets that French legislation does not allow it.In ...
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Labenne: the last two macaques have been captured
The services of the Landes prefecture finally got their hands on the two survivors of the mass slaughter, which condemned ...
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United Kingdom: ECHR authorizes stopping care of a baby
The European Court of Human Rights has authorized the end of life support for a baby with a rare disease.Little ...
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Labenne: two possibly infected macaques still wanted
The Landes Prefecture warns of the risk taken by the intruders who entered the Pinède des Singes, no doubt to ...
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Euthanized macaques: the SPA “strongly condemns this act”
156 macaques from a zoological park in the Landes were slaughtered this Friday. They were infected with a virus that ...
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156 macaques carrying a deadly virus euthanized in the Landes
All the monkeys in a closed zoological park in Labenne (Landes) were slaughtered on Friday. they are infected with a ...
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England: justice authorizes the end of care on a baby
The courts have authorized the cessation of care for a baby with a rare disease, against the advice of his ...
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Euthanasia: Anne Bert forced to go to Belgium
Affected by Charcot's disease, Anne Bert decided to go to Belgium to be euthanized. Before this act, she challenges the ...
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Doctors’ association: more room for euthanasia in dementia
The medical organization KNMG has added to its position on euthanasia in dementia. Doctors are now given tools to consider ...
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Netherlands: 350 doctors against euthanasia of demented patients
More than 350 Dutch practitioners have signed a petition calling for a ban on euthanasia of demented patients, made possible ...
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Marwa case: doctors must maintain artificial coma
Little Marwa, still in a coma, will continue to receive care. The Administrative Court of Marseille ruled on Wednesday.This is ...
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Vincent Lambert: the parents attack the Reims University Hospital
The parents of Vincent Lambert, plunged into a vegetative state, have lodged a complaint against the Reims University Hospital for ...
Read moreVincent Lambert: parents’ complaint against the Reims University Hospital
The parents of Vincent Lambert, plunged into a vegetative state, have lodged a complaint against the Reims University Hospital for ...
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Marwa disease: an ethical dilemma for experts
The evolution of Marwa's disease, a one-year-old child hospitalized in Marseille whose parents refuse to stop treatment, will lead to ...
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41-year-old alcoholic used euthanasia to stop suffering
In the Netherlands, a 41-year-old man was granted the right to be euthanized on the grounds that he no longer ...
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End of life: 9 out of 10 French people do not know the law
The French are overwhelmingly in favor of an evolution of the legislation on the end of life, even if they ...
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Marseille: a father refuses to stop treatment for his daughter
Mohamed Bouchenafa fights to prevent doctors from interrupting the care that keeps his daughter alive. He seized in summary the ...
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Colmar: a husband receives a two-year suspended sentence for the euthanasia of his wife
In Colmar, a septuagenarian has just been sentenced to a 2-year suspended prison sentence for killing his wife, who has ...
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Euthanasia: 8 out of 10 French people refuse therapeutic relentlessness
Passive euthanasia consists of giving up treatment and interrupting food and artificial hydration to cause the death of the patient.To ...
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Euthanasia: the Netherlands in favor of assisted suicide for seniors
In the Netherlands, the government plans to open euthanasia to elderly people who feel they have "accomplished their life". This ...
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Euthanasia: sharp increase in requests in Belgium
Active euthanasia was authorized in 2002 in Belgium. Since then, more than 8,750 people have had access to it, including ...
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Rio: the last Games of “Wielemie”, world Paralympic champion
Marieke Vervoort has announced her desire to end her Paralympic career after Rio. The athlete faces an incurable neurodegenerative disease. ...
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Vincent Lambert: the Reims University Hospital will resume the collegial procedure
The Reims University Hospital does not intend to appeal in cassation of the court decision ordering it to give the ...
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Vincent Lambert: doctors can restart the procedure for stopping treatment
Justice has ruled: the Reims University Hospital will be able to initiate a new procedure for stopping care for Vincent ...
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Vincent Lambert: Reims hospital should resume the procedure for stopping care
The decision of the Administrative Court of Appeal of Nancy fell: the Reims hospital is invited to resume the procedure ...
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Advance directives: IGAS suggests putting the general practitioner in the front line
Attending physicians are in the best position to educate patients about advance directives, according to an IGAS report. The General ...
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Belgium: 2,000 euthanasia declared in 2015
More than 2,000 cases of euthanasia were recorded in Belgium in 2015. A figure that is constantly rising, according to ...
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