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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One sunny day in the spring of 2012, Kathleen Klein sat in a car by the California coastline with her 84-year-old mother, Jackie Wilton. The two women had been quietly gazing at the view, watching ...