Update Archive

The Update is a publication of the Patients Rights Council (previously called the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide).  It is filled with documented news and analyses about the latest developments related to euthanasia and assisted suicide.


Click on any Update (below) to view its table of contents.

Update 1: Volume 10, Number 1 (January-March 1996)
Update 2: Volume 10, Number 2 (April 1996)
Update 3: Volume 10, Number 3 (May-June 1996)
Update 4: Volume 10, Number 4 (July-September 1996)
Update 5: Volume 10, Number 5 (October-November 1996)
Update 6: Volume 10, Number 6 (December 1996)

Update 7: Volume 11, Number 1 (January-February 1997)
Update 8: Volume 11, Number 2 (March-May 1997)
Update 9: Volume 11, Number 3 (June-July 1997)
Update 10: Volume 11, Number 4 (August-October 1997)
Update 11: Volume 11, Number 5 (November-December 1997)

Update 12: Volume 12, Number 1 (January-March 1998)
Update 13: Volume 12, Number 2 (April-June 1998)
Update 14: Volume 12, Number 3 (July-October 1998)
Update 15: Volume 12, Number 4 (November-December 1998)

Update 16: Volume 13, Number 1 (January-March 1999)
Update 17: Volume 13, Number 2 (April-June 1999)
Update 18: Volume 13, Number 3 (July-September 1999)
Update 19: Volume 13, Number 4 (October-December 1999)

Update 20: Volume 14, Number 1 (2000)
Update 21: Volume 14, Number 2 (2000)
Update 22: Volume 14, Number 3 (2000)

Update 23: Volume 15, Number 1 (2001)

Update 24: Volume 16, Number 1 (2002)
Update 25: Volume 16, Number 2 (2002)
Update 26: Volume 16, Number 3 (2002)

Update 27: Volume 17, Number 1 (2003)
Update 28: Volume 17, Number 2 (2003)
Update 29: Volume 17, Number 3 (2003)

Update 30: Volume 18, Number 1 (2004)
Update 31: Volume 18, Number 2 (2004)

Update 32: Volume 19, Number 1 (2005)
Update 33: Volume 19, Number 2 (2005)
Update 34: Volume 19, Number 3 (2005)

Update 35: Volume 20, Number 1 (2006)
Update 36: Volume 20, Number 2 (2006)
Update 37: Volume 20, Number 3 (2006)
Update 38: Volume 20, Number 4 (2006)
Update 39: Volume 20, Number 5 (2006)

Update 40: Volume 21, Number 1 (2007)
Update 41: Volume 21, Number 2 (2007)
Update 42: Volume 21, Number 3 (2007)

Update 43: Volume 22, Number 1 (2008)
Update 44: Volume 22, Number 2 (2008)
Update 45: Volume 22, Number 3 (2008)
Update 46: Volume 22, Number 4 (2008)

Update 47: Volume 23, Number 1 (2009)
Update 48: Volume 23, Number 2 (2009)
Update 49: Volume 23, Number 3 (2009)
Update 50: Volume 23, Number 4 (2009)
Update 51: Volume 23, Number 5 (2009)

Update 52: Volume 24, Number 1 (2010)
Update 53: Volume 24, Number 2 (2010)
Update 54: Volume 24, Number 3 (2010)
Update 55: Volume 24, Number 4 (2010)

Update 56: Volume 25, Number 1 (2011)
Update 57: Volume 25, Number 2 (2011)
Update 58: Volume 25, Number 3 (2011)
Update 59: Volume 25, Number 4 (2011)

Update 60: Volume 26, Number 1 (2012)
Update 61: Volume 26, Number 2 (2012)
Update 62: Volume 26, Number 3 (2012)
Update 63: Volume 26, Number 4 (2012)
Update 64: Volume 26, Number 5 (2012)

Update 65: Volume 27, Number 1 (2013)
Update 66: Volume 27, Number 2 (2013)
Update 67: Volume 27, Number 3 (2013)
Update 68: Volume 27, Number 4 (2013)

Update 69: Volume 28, Number 1 (2014)
Update 69: Volume 28, Number 2 (2014)
Update 70: Volume 28, Number 3 (2014)
Update 71: Volume 28, Number 4 (2014)
Update 72: Volume 28, Number 5 (2014)
Update 73: Volume 28, Number 6 (2014)

Update 75: Volume 29, Number 1 (2015)
Update 76: Volume 29, Number 2 (2015)
Update 77: Volume 29, Number 3 (2015)
Update 78. Volume 29, Number 4 (2015)

Update 79, Volume 30, Number 1 (2016)
Update 80, Volume 30, Number 2 (2016)
Update 81, Volume 30, Number 3 (2016)
Update 82, Volume 30, Number 4 (2016)
Update 82, Volume 30, Number 5 (2016)

Update 83, Volume 31, Number 1 (2017)
Update 84, Volume 31, Number 2 (2017)
Update 85. Volume 31, Number 3 (2017)

Update 86, Volume 32, Number 1 (2018)
Update 87, Volume 32, Number 2 (2018)
Update 88, Volume 32, Number 3 (2018)

Update 89 , Volume 33, Number 1 (2019)
Update 90, Volume 33, Number 2 (2019)
Update  91, Volume 33, Number 3 (2019)
Update 92, Volume 33, Number 4 (2019)

Update 93, Volume 34, Number 1 (2020)
Update 94, Volume 34, Number 2 (2020)
Update 95, Volume 34, Number 3 (2020)
Update 96, Volume 34, Number 4 (2020)

Update 97, Volume 35, Number 1 (2021)

Update 100, Volume 36, Number 1 (2022)
Update 101, Volume 36, Number 2 (2022)

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