Illinois recently joined 11 other states in enacting a law that allows physician-­assisted suicide. I propose an additional tweak that would make dying more humane for those who might like to let go a ...

The invaluable Patients Rights Council (for whom I am a paid consultant) has published a badly needed fact sheet on the newest craze in suicide advocacy–self starvation/dehydration–known in death ...

Ben Griffith’s dad chose a method to end his life that was controversial — but protected by a Supreme Court ruling Ben Griffith rose before the sun the morning of March 18, 2022, packed his car and ...

A lot of people who have dementia want to use medical aid in dying (MAID) to end their lives before they lose their decision-making capacity and other abilities. This hasn’t been allowed up until now ...

Pam Munro made the last days of her life public because she wanted people to know they could choose how and when they die, as she did. The 62-year-old Blaine woman died July 17 – at home and ...

Sometimes conversations with other elders are about how we want our deaths to be. We want them gentle, peaceful, surrounded by loved ones (or not). Many friends of mine have died recently. One had a ...