Edward Downes

Type: Person

Name: Edward Downes

First reported Jun 01 2013 - Updated Jun 01 2013 - 1 reports

Right to die with dignity is most basic human right of all

We should all have that option of ending our lives without meaningless suffering. You shouldn’t have to go to Switzerland If you ever watched someone you love die of a long and painful terminal illness, then you know that the moment of death is never ... [Published Mirror.co.uk - Jun 01 2013]

Entities: Human Rights, Edward Downes, Tony Parsons, Daniel James

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

Dignitas suicide: British man ends his life at Swiss clinic as he could not face dementia

He chose to travel to the controversial Dignitas clinic because he could not face the agony of the incurable diseaseA British man has become the first dementia sufferer to die at a controversial suicide clinic.The 83-year-old man ended his life at Dignitas ... [Published Mirror.co.uk - May 30 2013]

Entities: Michael Irwin, Suicide, Terminally Ill

First reported Mar 21 2013 - Updated Mar 21 2013 - 1 reports

In defence of old people?s right to live

It has been reported that an 83-year-old British man suffering from the early stages of dementia will travel to the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland, the first Briton suffering from dementia to do so. The unnamed individual will join an estimated 150 Britons ... [Published Spiked Online - Mar 21 2013]

Entities: Suicide, Michael Irwin, Euthanasia

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Right to die with dignity is most basic human r... [Published Mirror.co.uk - Jun 01 2013]
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In defence of old people?s right to live [Published Spiked Online - Mar 21 2013]