Hacker News with Generative AI: Assisted Suicide

Daniel Kahneman died last year by assisted suicide (jpost.com)
Israeli-American psychologist and Nobel Prize winner in economics Daniel Kahneman, who died last year, used doctor-assisted suicide to end his life, a Wall Street Journal essay revealed on Friday.
Death, Assisted Suicide, Psychology, Nobel Prize
16 points by wslh 18 days ago | 1 comments
Assisted dying now accounts for one in 20 Canada deaths (bbc.co.uk)
Medically-assisted dying – also known as voluntary euthanasia – accounted for 4.7% of deaths in Canada in 2023, new government data shows.
Canada, Healthcare, Death, Assisted Suicide, Statistics
4 points by n1b0m 111 days ago | 1 comments
MPs back proposals to legalise assisted dying (bbc.co.uk)
MPs have backed proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales in a historic vote which paves the way for a change in the law.
Politics, Law, Healthcare, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia
5 points by penguin_booze 124 days ago | 0 comments
Swiss police make arrests over suspected death in 'suicide capsule' (theguardian.com)
Swiss police say they have opened a criminal investigation and arrested several people after the suspected death of a woman in a so-called suicide capsule.
Switzerland, Crime, Death, Suicide, Assisted Suicide
6 points by bookofjoe 191 days ago | 1 comments