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End of Life Decisions

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Tumwater Child Molester Kills Himself With Plastic Bag and Helium "Exit Hood"

    Image source​If you're going to off yourself, science says there's no better way to go do it than strapping a plastic bag over your head and pumping helium into your lungs. It is the preferred method of the controversial assisted suicide group The Final Exit Network, and, according to the late ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    How to Kill Yourself With a Suicide Kit

    ​UPDATE: The Oregon State House of Representatives today voted to outlaw most forms of assisted suicide. This includes a ban on the so-called "suicide kits" available through the GLADD Group. Oregonians with an unshakable desire to end their lives are therefore encouraged to seek out more tra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Nathaniel Simon Accused of Carving "Do Not Resuscitate" Into Girlfriend's Chest With Razor

    ​There are 16 letters in the words "Do Not Resuscitate." Assuming he spelled it correctly, Whitman County Sheriff's Deputies say 54-year-old Nathaniel Simon carved each one of those letters into his girlfriend's chest with a razor, after choking her nearly to death.

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Michael Kniezewski's Friend Says He Wasn't Suicidal

    ​If you believe the man who admits to killing him, Michael Kniezewski was depressed and wanted to end his life. The 21-year-old from Pennsylvania was found strangled to death last week. The man who says he committed the murder, Joshua Stattman, 32, says he did nothing more than help out a frie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    No Death With (or Without) Dignity Yet: Bud Mayer Lives on As a "Freakin' Miracle"

    Bud and Heidi Mayer got one more Chistmas together​Exactly a year ago, Seattle Weekly interviewed Bud Mayer for a cover story on the uncertainty surrounding terminal prognoses in the light of the new state Death with Dignity Act. Mayer, a psychiatrist who formerly headed health services for th ... More >>

  • News

    January 14, 2009

    Terminal Uncertainty

    Washington’s new “Death With Dignity” law allows doctors to help people commit suicide—once they’ve determined that the patient has only six months to live. But what if they’re wrong?

  • News

    March 23, 2005

    The Sanctity of the Dying Room

    Let's pull the plug on playing politics with Terri Schiavo.

  • Film

    February 16, 2005

    Million Dollar Brouhaha

    Local critics horn in on this year's obligatory Oscar controversy. Spoiler alert: We're telling what happens to Hilary Swank.

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