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Sir Terry Pratchett Defends his Controversial BBC Programme on Assisted Suicide 'Choosing to Die'

By Lily Bevan Jul 07th 2011 - 04:12AM

The Huffington Post USA , 'Choosing To Die' presented by science fiction writer Sir Terry Pratchett who suffers from Alzheimers disease.

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Why I Considered Assisted Suicide

By Hillary St. Pierre Jun 09th 2011 - 08:32AM

Jack Kevorkian's death this past week has, again, brought his campaign for "death with dignity" into the forefront, but even with all the attention on legality and ethics, there hasn't been much said about the real, underlying question of why the terminally ill kill themselves.

GADLING

Zurich to vote on suicide tourism

By Sean McLachlan May 15th 2011 - 10:25AM

Zurich is set to vote on whether to continue allowing foreigners to seek assisted suicide in the city.

POLITICS DAILY

C-SPAN's Supreme Court Broadcasts: Assisted Suicide

By Andrew Cohen Oct 15th 2010 - 08:26PM

The Supreme Court in 1997 faced that question in Washington v.

Background on assisted suicide

Assisted suicide is the common term for actions by which an individual helps another person voluntarily bring about his or her own death.

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