Assisted Suicide - Should We Be Allowed To Die With Dignity?
Should life be preserved at all costs or should physician assisted suicide be legalized?
There are numerous debates about the legality of assisted suicide, some people argue that physician assisted suicide is immoral, they have religious objections to assisted suicide, whilst others believe that they should be able to end their suffering in a manner and time which suits them and die with dignity. The subject of physician assisted suicide has recently reared its head again with the double assisted suicide of the British Conductor Sir Edward Downes and his wife at a clinic in Switz...

Our Friend Committed Suicide
Could We Have Done More to Prevent Our Friend's Suicide?
When we first met Rich in 1992, we never dreamed he'd ever commit suicide. He had come West to our town a few years back, and he came into our lives when he was sent out by a plumber we had called. Gradually he became a close friend over the years. Toward the end of his life, he was in a lot of pain which he attributed to arthritis in old sports injuries, but which I had suspected might be bone cancer. He had let his medical insurance lapse, and absolutely refused to quit smoking. I told him ...