Assisted suicide

Daniel Kahneman, Israeli-American Nobel Prize winner, died last year by assisted suicide

"I have believed since I was a teenager that the miseries and indignities of the last years of life are superfluous," he wrote in an email.

 Daniel Kahneman.
 Illustrative image of a phone and charger.

Parents be warned: ‘Blue Whale’ suicide game returns  

A patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is treated an the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). May 6, 2020

Did COVID-19 change the way doctors view end-of-life care? - study

Victor Escobar, 60, who suffered from an end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and became the first person in Colombia to undergo euthanasia for a non-terminal disease, leans on the shoulder of his wife Diana Nieto at their home in Cali, Colombia, October 19, 2021.

First Colombian with non-terminal illness dies legally by euthanasia


How many people committed suicide in Israel during corona?

Between March 2020 and February 2021, there was a decrease in monthly suicide attempts.

 How did COVID affect Israel's suicide rates? (illustrative)

Former US Olympics coach dies by suicide after being charged

According to court documents filed, Geddert was charged with 20 counts of human trafficking, one count of first-degree sexual assault, one count of second-degree sexual assault, and more.

Rio Olympics

Orthodox Jewish doctor loses bid to challenge to NJ ‘assisted-suicide’ law

The law allows terminally ill patients who are deemed by a doctor to have less than six months to live to obtain life-ending drugs. The patient must administer the medication himself.

An HIV-positive and tuberculosis patient lies on a stretcher at the Jose Gregorio Hernandez hospital in Caracas

How a religious farmer became a promoter of assisted suicide in Israel

Hundreds of people make use of the services of assisted suicide agencies like Dignitas and Exit each year in Switzerland. But the decision can be particularly difficult for Jews.

Thai workers collect freshly harvested fennel near Kibbutz Alumim in southern Israel