"Dr. Death" Kevorkian will no longer help end lives
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Euthanasia proponent Dr. Jack Kevorkian, dubbed "Dr. Death" for assisting in some 130 suicides, vowed on Sunday he will no longer help people end their lives, even if they come to him in desperation.
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Fidel Castro revealed Thursday that he thought he was dying when he fell seriously ill in July 2006, and he hastily made plans to give up power as doctors fought to save his life.
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A judge rules that doctors caring for a terminally-ill baby can withhold treatment if his condition worsens.
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LOS ANGELES  - Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the  advocate of doctor-assisted suicide who is serving a 10- to  25-year prison term, will be the subject of a feature film.
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Jack Kevorkian, the U.S. assisted suicide advocate dubbed "Dr. Death," stepped free from a Michigan prison on Friday with few words but plans for a media blitz to support his cause.
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Piergiorgio Welby is paralysed and speaks through a computer An Italian judge has rejected a request by a terminally ill man to have doctors switch off his life support machine.Comment
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PHOENIX - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, a psychiatrist who revolutionized the way the world looks at terminally ill patients with her book "On Death and Dying" and later as a pioneer for hospice care, has died. She was 78...
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An Indian court&#39;s refusal to allow a terminally-ill patient to donate his organs has triggered a legal debate. Venkatesh, 25, has a genetic neurological disorder and wants his life support system turned off before his organs suffer irreparable damage.
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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, a psychiatrist who revolutionized the way the world looks at terminally ill patients with her book "On Death and Dying" and later as a pioneer for hospice care, has died. She was 78.
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For nearly a decade, Dr. Jack Kevorkian waged a defiant campaign to help other people kill themselves. The retired pathologist left bodies at hospital emergency rooms and motels and videotaped a death that was broadcast on CBS' "60 Minutes." His actions prompted battles over assisted suicide in many states.
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The law that kept Terri Schiavo alive the past 11 months has been struck down by The Florida Supreme Court. Terri Schiavo has been on life support since she suffered a heart attack in 1990, which left her with severe brain damage.
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Doctors may have to take a more active  role in addressing the spiritual needs of patients with  terminal illnesses, a study suggested on Thursday.
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The widow of a man who had an assisted suicide in Switzerland says people should be able to choose how to die.
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Three quarters of women with terminal breast cancer receive no palliative care, according to a new study. Research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology analysed the pattern of care at the end of life
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Elderly people who have healthy lifestyles 'halve' their risk of dying, say experts.
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Jack Kevorkian, the man known as Dr Death for helping the terminally to die, is to be freed from a US jail.
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The lawyer for euthanasia advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian says his client is in poor health and should be released from a Michigan prison, the Detroit Free Press reported Tuesday.