Is Euthanasia OK in a Disaster?
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Four doctors discuss whether euthanasia is an acceptable option in a disaster situation like Hurricane Katrina. In Bodyhack.
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Suppose a person of reasonable mental competence decides, after carefully weighing the available options and consulting with those around him, that life is no longer worth living.  Should that person have the legal right to end their own life?  Suicide (and assisting suicide) is presently illegal in most western nations, a fact which only serves to make it slightly difficult for suicidal people to carry out their wish.  I propose a different approach - in fact, an opposite approach.  I propose that anyone who honestly wishes to terminate their own life should be provided with the means to do so humanely, reminiscent of (though perhaps more gentle than) the infamous suicide booths popularized by Futurama.
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NEW YORK  - The use of high or very high  doses of morphine is safe for hospice patients being cared for  at home, and does not reduce life expectancy, according to a  report in the journal Cancer.
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She survived the tsunami, only to suffer the brutality of her rescuer. On a pilgrimage to a temple, the 18-year-old and her family stopped for a picnic by the beach. That's when the tsunami struck.
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It is important that potential donors know about possible complications before they make this life-saving sacrifice.
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NEW YORK  - Patients who suffer cardiac arrest while in the hospital and are successfully resuscitated may not live for very long, a study suggests. However, those who receive internal cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have a significant advantage, it seems.
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Britain is ready to help those hit by the Asian earthquake in any way it can, Tony Blair has said. The &quot;world is united in sorrow&quot;, he said, for those affected by the devastating tidal wave which has killed about 68,000 people in 12 countries.
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A HOSPITAL in the Netherlands has revealed it has been mercy-killing terminally ill newborns. The Groningen Academic Hospital recently proposed guidelines for the mercy killings of the terminally ill newborns
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Nearly half of people would help terminally ill loved ones die if they were asked to, according to a survey.
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Surgery could aid the severely disfigured, researchers write, but others say ethical and social questions remain. By Laura Ungar. LOUISVILLE, Ky.
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Doctors caring for a critically-ill premature baby were given permission by a judge to allow her to die if her condition seriously deteriorates and her breathing stops.
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It is OK to discuss death with a dying child and in fact desirable, Swedish researchers reported on Wednesday. Parents who talked about death when their children were dying of cancer almost
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LONDON - A baby girl living in &quot;intolerable pain and suffering&quot; should be allowed to die, doctors said yesterday. Medical experts said even if 11-month-old Charlotte Wyatt survived another year, she would be severely disabled and need 24-hour care.
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In 2001, the Netherlands became the first (only?) country in the west to permit "mercy killings". The law only allows such killings in very particular circumstances - a doctor can terminate the life of a person who was in great pain and had no hope of recovery. In addition, the law requires the informed consent of the patient.   A hospital in the Netherlands has asked to dispense with that annoying part about consent - and the equally annoying part about pain.
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&#34;This is a terrible tragedy and an unbearable loss.&#34;
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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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What can you do to lend a hand in the wake of tragedy?