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"Right To Choose Death": Doctors Prepare Draft Guidelines For Terminally Ill Patients
The recently released Union Health Ministry's "Guidelines for Withdrawal of Life Support in Terminally ill Patients" was the result of joint brainstorming by as many as 25 doctors from across India.
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Opinion | Draft Guidelines On Passive Euthanasia: A Way Forward
In recent years, courts and the government have recognised the right of terminally ill patients to die with dignity. However, the actual processes for facilitating this right have been so cumbersome that it has largely remained out of reach.
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Health Ministry Comes Up With New Draft Guidelines On Passive Euthanasia
Doctors should take a "considered decision" on withdrawal of life support in terminally ill patients on the basis of certain conditions including a documented informed refusal by the patient or their kin, according to draft guidelines by Union Health
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Over 4 Years After Landmark Order, Supreme Court to Tweak 'Living Will' Guidelines
The Supreme Court said on Tuesday it is for the legislature to enact a law for terminally ill patients choosing to stop treatment but agreed to modify its 2018 guidelines on "Living Will".
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Norway Warns of Vaccination Risks For Sick Elderly Patients After 23 Die
Norway said Covid-19 vaccines may be too risky for the very old and terminally ill, the most cautious statement yet from a European health authority as countries assess the real-world side effects of the first shots to gain approval.
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Australian Ambulance To Grant "Final Wishes" Of Terminally Ill Patients
Inspired by an Australian ambulance crew who took a dying woman to the beach on her way to hospital, officials have announced a dedicated vehicle to grant final wishes to terminally ill patients.
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10 Arrested In Madhya Pradesh For Insurance Fraud Worth Crores
Ten members of a gang, including a lawyer and a doctor, have been arrested in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district for allegedly defrauding insurance companies of crores of rupees by forging fake documents of terminally ill patients and people in moribund state.
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Euthanasia Law Comes Into Effect In First Australia State
Euthanasia laws for terminally ill patients came into effect in Australia's second-most populous state in a "bold change" Wednesday, the only place in the nation where the practice will be legal.
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Restaurant Employee Travels 800 Km To Deliver Pizza To Terminally Ill Man
A pizzeria employee in Michigan, USA, went out of his way - very literally - to deliver pizza to to a man battling cancer.
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US Congress Sends "Right To Try" Experimental Drug Bill To President Donald Trump
The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to expand terminally ill patients' right to try experimental drugs not yet approved by US authorities, a controversial move that enjoys support from President Donald Trump.
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Implementation Of Living Will Should Be Simplified: Here's What Our Experts Have To Say About It
The living will verdict allows removal of life support systems for terminally ill patients or the ones who have been suffering from incurable coma.
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Jury Awards $417 Million To Cancer Patient Who Blamed Johnson's Baby Powder For Her Illness
Does talcum powder cause ovarian cancer? A Los Angeles jury thinks so. This week it ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $417 million to 63-year-old Eva Echeverria. She blamed her terminal illness on Johnson's Baby Powder, which she used for decades starting at age 11. The company should have warned consumers about the risk, she argued.
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Australian State Considers Assisted Suicide For Terminally Ill Patients
Under the proposal being discussed in Victoria, the request for assisted death would have to come from the patients themselves and must be repeated three times, one of which would be a formal written request
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Opinion: My Patient Was 25 And About To Die
What do you do when you know someone is going to die? I'm not talking about death when it comes at the end of a long protracted illness or a terminal diagnosis. Or the final act at the end of a long life, when the body and mind have ultimately given way. I'm talking about when you realize the 25-year-old woman in front of you, whom you met five min...
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Terminally Ill Patients Perform Stand-Up Comedy To #LaughAtDeath
In a world where discussing death makes most people uncomfortable, here's a video that encourages you to laugh at it. A video, which has trended on Twitter, shows a group of terminally ill patients performing stand-up comedy for their families on the topic of death.
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"Right To Choose Death": Doctors Prepare Draft Guidelines For Terminally Ill Patients
The recently released Union Health Ministry's "Guidelines for Withdrawal of Life Support in Terminally ill Patients" was the result of joint brainstorming by as many as 25 doctors from across India.
-
Opinion | Draft Guidelines On Passive Euthanasia: A Way Forward
In recent years, courts and the government have recognised the right of terminally ill patients to die with dignity. However, the actual processes for facilitating this right have been so cumbersome that it has largely remained out of reach.
-
Health Ministry Comes Up With New Draft Guidelines On Passive Euthanasia
Doctors should take a "considered decision" on withdrawal of life support in terminally ill patients on the basis of certain conditions including a documented informed refusal by the patient or their kin, according to draft guidelines by Union Health
-
Over 4 Years After Landmark Order, Supreme Court to Tweak 'Living Will' Guidelines
The Supreme Court said on Tuesday it is for the legislature to enact a law for terminally ill patients choosing to stop treatment but agreed to modify its 2018 guidelines on "Living Will".
-
Norway Warns of Vaccination Risks For Sick Elderly Patients After 23 Die
Norway said Covid-19 vaccines may be too risky for the very old and terminally ill, the most cautious statement yet from a European health authority as countries assess the real-world side effects of the first shots to gain approval.
-
Australian Ambulance To Grant "Final Wishes" Of Terminally Ill Patients
Inspired by an Australian ambulance crew who took a dying woman to the beach on her way to hospital, officials have announced a dedicated vehicle to grant final wishes to terminally ill patients.
-
10 Arrested In Madhya Pradesh For Insurance Fraud Worth Crores
Ten members of a gang, including a lawyer and a doctor, have been arrested in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district for allegedly defrauding insurance companies of crores of rupees by forging fake documents of terminally ill patients and people in moribund state.
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Euthanasia Law Comes Into Effect In First Australia State
Euthanasia laws for terminally ill patients came into effect in Australia's second-most populous state in a "bold change" Wednesday, the only place in the nation where the practice will be legal.
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Restaurant Employee Travels 800 Km To Deliver Pizza To Terminally Ill Man
A pizzeria employee in Michigan, USA, went out of his way - very literally - to deliver pizza to to a man battling cancer.
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US Congress Sends "Right To Try" Experimental Drug Bill To President Donald Trump
The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to expand terminally ill patients' right to try experimental drugs not yet approved by US authorities, a controversial move that enjoys support from President Donald Trump.
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Implementation Of Living Will Should Be Simplified: Here's What Our Experts Have To Say About It
The living will verdict allows removal of life support systems for terminally ill patients or the ones who have been suffering from incurable coma.
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Jury Awards $417 Million To Cancer Patient Who Blamed Johnson's Baby Powder For Her Illness
Does talcum powder cause ovarian cancer? A Los Angeles jury thinks so. This week it ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $417 million to 63-year-old Eva Echeverria. She blamed her terminal illness on Johnson's Baby Powder, which she used for decades starting at age 11. The company should have warned consumers about the risk, she argued.
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Australian State Considers Assisted Suicide For Terminally Ill Patients
Under the proposal being discussed in Victoria, the request for assisted death would have to come from the patients themselves and must be repeated three times, one of which would be a formal written request
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Opinion: My Patient Was 25 And About To Die
What do you do when you know someone is going to die? I'm not talking about death when it comes at the end of a long protracted illness or a terminal diagnosis. Or the final act at the end of a long life, when the body and mind have ultimately given way. I'm talking about when you realize the 25-year-old woman in front of you, whom you met five min...
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Terminally Ill Patients Perform Stand-Up Comedy To #LaughAtDeath
In a world where discussing death makes most people uncomfortable, here's a video that encourages you to laugh at it. A video, which has trended on Twitter, shows a group of terminally ill patients performing stand-up comedy for their families on the topic of death.
