Official site of Richard Coker, author of Timor Mortis: How We Live With Death and From Chaos to Coercion: Detention and the Control of Tuberculosis. See events.

Our brains don’t finish developing until we’re well into our 20s. That matters when deciding who gets the death penalty.

Known as medical aid in dying, or MAID, it was something I knew little about before my sister’s terminal illness.

During his 45-year-long medical career, Professor Richard Coker has given morphine to dying patients to end their suffering. Now he’s risking legal action by talking frankly about assisted dying

Half of all Americans now die in hospice care. Easy money and a lack of regulation transformed a crusade to provide death with dignity into an industry rife with fraud and exploitation.

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As a private members’ bill, failure was always likely for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

Data from more than 15,000 ancient people reveal natural selection of hundreds of genes linked to immunity, skin tone, behaviour and other traits.

MONDAY, March 30, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Future doctors may no longer be required to learn about how social and economic factors affect health.A major U.S. acc

Ukrainian-Russian photojournalist Arthur Bondar has amassed huge collection of pictures from often unknown photographers

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