A Lifetime Battle for the Right to Die
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The true story of RamÃ³n Sampedro, a quadriplegic activist fighting for the right to die, struggles to transcend the disease-of-the-week genre to which it belongs.
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One of the most agonising dilemmas ever to come before a judge - whether a baby should live or die - was outlined starkly and emotively in the high court yesterday.
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Mother of two Jillian Searle had to choose between her children when she made a life-or-death decision. Swept up by mountainous tsunami waves at a Thai resort, she could not hold on to both her young sons and survive.
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Many people have vowed to avenge the untimely death of a relative. Lawyer and journalist Sidney Zion actually did so -- to the benefit of patients and doctors-in-training nationwide.
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Attorneys for the parents of a woman at the center of a right-to-die case argued Thursday she would have been profoundly affected by new Catholic teachings on end-of-life issues.
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The Bush administration has appealed to US Supreme Court in an effort to block an Oregon law allowing doctors to help the terminally ill end their lives.
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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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A local authority is asking the High Court if a chronically ill woman can be helped to travel abroad for an assisted suicide.
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A court rejects a terminally ill man's request to die in a landmark case which has sparked fierce debate in Italy.
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The story of a man who fought for the  right to die after an accident paralyzed him divided Spain for  30 years and inspired Alejandro Amenabar's latest film "Mar  Adentro" ("Out to Sea").
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A terminally ill woman's religious fast unto death in northern India causes controversy.
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A scientific-religious debate is shaping up over near-death experiences. A look at the dangers for both sides.
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As technologically advanced as our country is today, it&#39;s both frustrating and heartbreaking that millions of Americans of all ages and across all social, cultural and ethnic groups are still battling life-threatening and debilitating diseases.
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A hospital in the Netherlands â-he first nation to permit euthanasia â - proposed guidelines for mercy killings of terminally ill newborns and then made a startling revelation
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The parents of a premature baby girl are challenging doctors, who say she should be allowed to die if her breathing stops, in the High Court.
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Prominent Australian right-to-die campaigner Philip Nitschke has announced he will run for parliament against a legislator who helped overturn the world&#39;s first voluntary euthanasia law.
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Christopher Reeve&#39;s death is hitting many people hard, especially those involved in the stem cell research debate. After Reeve was paralyzed in 1995, he became an advocate for embryonic stem cell research.