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ERC project on #aesthetics #law & #ethics of assisted dying.

To participate in our archive on films, texts, & other media that influence debates around assisted dying

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📣 Podcast 📣 Balado 📣

Assisted Lab's Jordan McCullough met Claire Fourcade @clairefourcade3, palliative care doctor & head of advocacy department of SFAP (www.sfap.org)

To listen to their discussion on palliative care and assisted dying in France (en français) 👇

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SFAP – Société Française d’Accompagnement et de soins Palliatifs
Bienvenue sur le site officiel. La SFAP fédère plus de 10 000 soignants et 6 000 bénévoles d'accompagnement en soins palliatifs.
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The novel Los, by Tom Naegels, provides a critical reflection of the criteria outlined in Belgium's euthanasia law.

Analysis by Wouter Schrover 👇

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'Los' by Tom Naegels
Tom Naegels's novel provides a critical reflection of the criteria outlined in Belgian euthanasia law.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The story of Ramón Sampedro influenced the legalization of assisted dying in Spain and elsewhere.

But beyond Alejandro Amenábar's film Mar Adentro with Javier Bardem, there's also Sampedro’s own book 'Cartas desde el infierno'

Analysis by @pittella.bsky.social 👇

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'Cartas desde el infierno' by Ramón Sampedro
A collection of letters, poems, and essays, Sampedro’s memoir constitutes a philosophical treatise on the ethics of euthanasia.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
📣 Podcast 📣 Balado 📣

Assisted Lab's Jordan McCullough met Claire Fourcade @clairefourcade3, palliative care doctor & head of advocacy department of SFAP (www.sfap.org)

To listen to their discussion on palliative care and assisted dying in France (en français) 👇

assistedlab.ch/podcasts
SFAP – Société Française d’Accompagnement et de soins Palliatifs
Bienvenue sur le site officiel. La SFAP fédère plus de 10 000 soignants et 6 000 bénévoles d'accompagnement en soins palliatifs.
www.sfap.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
New entry from Canada on 'When My Doctor Offered to Help Me Take My Life' by @billgardner.bsky.social, one of his essays from 'I have Serious News'

Analysis by Robyn Otto 👇

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'When My Doctor Offered to Help Me Take My Life' by Bill Gardner
Drawing on his background as a mental health services researcher, Bill criticizes Canada’s approach to medical assistance in dying as contrary to efforts to prevent suicide.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This documentary by Vincent Fooij, about the last months of right to die activist Jean-Marie Lorand, was an important reference as Belgium legalized euthanasia in 2002

Analysis by Jordan McCullough

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'Chronique d’une mort décidée' by Vincent Fooij
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November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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You might also enjoy our latest episode with Dr Jessica Young

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Dr. Jessica Young on assisted dying, the New Zealand End of Life Choice Bill, culturally responsive research, end of life care and decision making, and sociological approaches
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November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
New entry in our archive from the Netherlands!

De Goede Dood (A Good Death) by Wannie de Wijn portrays a range of human responses to assisted death, exploring grief and inviting audiences to reflect on the process.

Analysis by Sofia Rüfer 👇

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'De Goede Dood' by Wannie de Wijn
When Bernard, who suffers from lung cancer, chooses to have an assisted death, his decision exacerbates tensions within his family, who gather on his final day.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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“We were feminists, but without thinking about it: from the age of 15, we started earning our own living. We’ve always been independent. Perhaps, in the end, we became a little dependent on each other.”
The Kessler Twins sisters Alice and Ellen die together aged 89
German pop duo who last year said their wish was ‘to leave together’ had joint assisted death at their home in Grünwald
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November 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
📣New entry from Aotearoa/New Zealand 📣

This short film Gina, by Wendell Cooke and Jeremy Macey, has been mentioned in New Zealand & Queensland parliaments and gained over 100,000 views before assisted dying was legalised there in 2021.

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'Gina' by Wendell Cooke and Jeremy Macey
This short film Gina, by Wendell Cooke and Jeremy Macey, has been mentioned in New Zealand & Queensland parliaments and gained over 100,000 views before assisted dying was legalised in New Zealand.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Very much looking forward to seeing this exhibit in Ottawa at the OAG curated by the incredible Isenberg Lab

@sarinaisenberg.bsky.social @uottawa.ca @ottawaartgallery.bsky.social

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A Good Death Art Competition — Isenberg Lab
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November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
New entry from Canada, on Ruth Steinberg's photographs of her friend Alma Norman, in the last months before her assisted death. The photos were exhibited in Ottawa City Hall in 2023.

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'The Leave-Taking' by Ruth Steinberg
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November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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@cforsdick.bsky.social concludes the @readingbodies.bsky.social takeover and discusses how this project contributes to rethinking the medical humanities in ways that are simultaneously multilingual, transnational and translational.
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Multilingual, Transnational and Translational: Rethinking the Medical Humanities
Charles Forsdick concludes the Reading Bodies takeover and discusses how this project on historical discourses of illness in European literatures and cultures contributes to rethinking the medical …
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October 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
📣New Dutch Entry in our Archive 📣

Published in 1994, 'Het refrein is Hein', a book by Bert Keizer, became a best-seller and paved the way for a more open discussion about assisted dying in the Netherlands.

Analysis by Sophia Rüfer

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'Het refrein is Hein. Dagen uit een verpleeghuis' by Bert Keizer
Het refrein is Hein, a book by Bert Keizer, provides an unvarnished look at ageing and suffering, and invites the reader to reflect on ethical dilemmas such as that of assisted dying.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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🇺🇾 “Hasta que no estén las manos levantadas no está aprobado”, dice Florencia Salgueiro, que desde 2021 es uno de los rostros más conocidos entre quienes defienden la legalización de la eutanasia en Uruguay dozz.es/fkls86
Uruguay vota la primera ley de eutanasia de América Latina: “Lucho por el derecho de todos a elegir”
Una mayoría progresista se dispone a aprobar este miércoles la norma en el Senado
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October 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Assisted: The Newsletter October 2025
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October 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Event ‘The Sarco Question: Can Technology Replace Doctors in Assisted Dying?’ featuring @marcakeller.bsky.social & Anna Elsner on 22 Oct in Zurich. On tech, institutions & assisted dying.

Register to attend online 👇https://uzh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bD8r9neUSLeqttLlJEVfWQ#/registration
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: 'The Sarco Question: Can Technology Replace Doctors in Assisted Dying?'. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
About This webinar is jointly organised by the Forum for Global Health Ethics, Assisted Lab (University of St Gallen), and the Competence Center Medicine, Ethics, Law Helvetiae (MERH), University of ...
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October 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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‘Her death was tranquil’: why Eve is urging Victorian MPs to make access to voluntary assisted dying easier
‘Her death was tranquil’: why Eve is urging Victorian MPs to make access to voluntary assisted dying easier
Eve’s mother saw VAD as a way to reclaim bodily autonomy and dignity, but gaining approval to use the scheme took nine ‘traumatic’ weeks * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Eve Crotty describes her mum Marion’s death as peaceful and painless. They were on the couch in their family home, Crotty on one side, her dad on the other, singing Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon. It was a running joke in the family – when Crotty was little, she thought the lyrics were “socks on fire”. “No teenager should ever have to lose a parent. It was an extremely sad moment that will live with me forever, but her death was tranquil,” Crotty, now 21, says. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...
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October 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
TV Series 'Une autre histoire' by Chantal Cadieux aired in Québec in 2019, & deals with early onset Alzheimer’s disease & decision-making capacity. As of 2024 Québec allows advance requests for MAID under certain conditions

Analysis by Robyn Otto 👇

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'Une autre histoire' by Chantal Cadieux
In this TV series, Anémone Leduc is forced to reckon with her past because of a diagnosis of hereditary early onset Alzheimer’s disease.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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"Non penso che un libro finisca quando lo scrittore lo finisce: continua a scriversi nel modo in cui le persone ne parlano, in cui i suoi temi alimentano i dibattiti culturali e sociali".⁠ Leggi la conversazione tra Elif Shafak e Lea Ypi: intern.az/1ObD
September 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
TV series ‘Truelove’ by Charlie Covell, a police thriller featuring assisted dying, is a good example of increasing sustained attention being paid to the topic in cultural outputs in the UK.

For an analysis by Joe Wood 👇

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'Truelove' by Charlie Covell and Ian Weatherby
In the complex drama that emerges assisted dying is used both to explore moral issues and as a plot device in a police thriller.
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October 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Gina Montaner, a well-known journalist, recounts how her father sought an assisted death in her memoir 'Deséenme un buen viaje', a personal account of the intricacies of the new Spanish euthanasia law.

For an analysis of the book's impact by @pittella.bsky.social see

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'Deséenme un buen viaje' by Gina Montaner
The memoir recounts Carlos Montaner's fight for democratization in Cuba and for the right to access legal euthanasia in Spain.
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October 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Dr. Balfour Mount, who coined the term "palliative care" and whose profound empathy helped revolutionize health-care in North America, died peacefully at the palliative care unit that bears his name. He was 86. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca
Balfour Mount, who revolutionized end-of-life care, died at palliative unit named in his honour | CBC News
Mount devoted his life to caring for others and alleviating suffering. In interviews, his family and colleagues remembered him as both deeply compassionate and as a fierce advocate for the humanity of...
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October 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
'TI SI WHAT TI SI', Paola Roldán's memoir about living with ALS, influenced the legalization of euthanasia in Ecuador in 2024.

For an analysis of the book's role in law-making by @pittella.bsky.social see

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'TI SI WHAT TI SI' by Paola Roldán
Narrating her journey of self-discovery and of living with ALS, Roldán's spiritual memoir helped promote her plea for self-determination in Ecuador.
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September 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The documentary ‘Levenseindekliniek’ features the Dutch End-of-Life Clinic dealing with complex euthanasia requests. Its reception highlights how culture influences politics, as 2 members of parliament asked the Minister of Health about questions it raises. 👇

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'Levenseindekliniek' by Marcel Ouddeken, Hans Kema
The documentary ‘Levenseindekliniek’ revolves around the Dutch End-of-Life Clinic, an organization that deals with patients whose euthanasia requests are complex. The film follows three patients who r...
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September 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM