Our colleagues from the japanese society for dying with dignity just sent us their latest bulletin which we'd like to share with you. It contains useful information on the situation in Japan. Strongly recommended is the article on intubated nutrition (PEG) which is currently on the rise in Japan: "The PEG procedure (including enterostomy) is being carried out in almost all the facilities with nearly 30% of all in-patients having been fitted with it. With the inclusion of nasogastric tubes, it means that 40% or more of the patients are being fed intravenously. [...] In Japan, many PEG patients are the elderly who are unable to communicate their will because they are suffering from dementia, cerebral infarction and such. Although we can keep the patient alive by PEG, we don’t really know if this is what he wants."

Japan Society for Dying with Dignity Bulletin Nr.140

The aim of this information brochure is to explain the legal framework resulting from the provisions of the Law of 16 March 2009 on euthanasia and assisted suicide. Without being exhaustive, it endeavours to give the necessary orientations in the form of questions and answers.

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You Don't Know Jack begins as 61-year-old former pathologist Dr. Jack Kevorkian (Al Pacino) launches his crusade to provide what he considers to be a humane an dignified option for the terminally ill - assisted suicide. Aided by his loyal friend (John Goodman) ans his older sister (Brenda Vaccaro), Kevorkian begins offering his "death counselling" services to a grateful and burgeoning clientèle.

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