Death on the Internet

Abstract

The issues surrounding assisted suicide and euthanasia are now being debated in a new forum, the Internet. Death-NET, the creation of two activists from Canada and the US, provides up-to-date information on court cases and legislation concerning these topics. In Canada, the federal government appears reluctant to bring the issues to a vote in the House of Commons, but John Hofsess, one of DeathNET's founders, says politicians won't be able to duck them forever.