Topic: Craig Ewert

Craig Ewert

Former Chicago, Illinois, professor Craig Ewert's death by assisted suicide was the subject of a documentary that was expected to be broadcast on Britain's Sky Television on December 10, 2008. The 56-year-old Ewert, who suffered from the motor neuron disease ...

The March of Death Continues

Those who have embraced the culture of death had much to celebrate during 2008. In the U.S., voters in Washington state approved the grotesquely named "Death with Dignity Act," which will allow physicians to prescribe lethal doses of drugs to their ...

Suicide on TV condemned in Britain

Suicide on TV in Britain condemned as reality television gone a step too farThe scene is difficult to watch, even for viewers inured to the subject of dying by a steady diet of violent Hollywood and television fare. Then he uses his ...
A documentary showing a terminally-ill man ending his own life at a Swiss clinic was telecast in Britain on Wednesday, reigniting a debate about assisted suicide.Craig Ewert, 59, a former university lecturer from the United States, suffered from motor neurone disease ...
British TV station defends plans to show terminally ill man's death at Swiss suicide clinicA British television channel plans to show a film about an American man who commits assisted suicide at a Swiss clinic, reigniting debate over an issue that ...

Assisted suicide film stokes right to die debate

A film showing a terminally-ill man ending his own life at a Swiss clinic has reignited the debate about assisted suicide in Britain, where it was due to be screened Wednesday.Craig Ewert, a 59-year-old former university lecturer from the United States ...

Assisted dying 'glorified' by show

A television programme which shows a man ending his life in an assisted suicide has been accused of being the latest " Craig Ewert, 59, suffered from motor neurone disease (MND) and chose to die rather than endure the "torture" he feared his ...

TV to broadcast man ending his life

A television programme which shows a man ending his life in an assisted suicide has been accused of being the latest " Craig Ewert, 59, suffered from motor neurone disease (MND) and chose to die rather than endure the "torture" he feared his ...