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A neglected dog is seen at an animal cruelty investigation led by Bissell Pet Foundation in July 2023 near Newton, Miss. (Chuck Cook/AP Images for Bissell Pet Foundation)

Animal abuse often signals human abuse — should therapists be allowed to report it?

Given the proven link between people who commit animal abuse and human abuse, therapists who hear about violence to animals should be allowed to report it.
Critics of assisted suicide often raise moral objections while proponents focus on the trauma of terminally ill patients. But all arguments have a long history. from www.shutterstock.com

As NZ votes on euthanasia bill, here is a historical perspective on a ‘good death’

The arguments in favour or against euthanasia have a long history, going back to the Hippocratic oath that doctors still swear today.
How many times do we wonder, ‘what’s the right thing to do’? Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA (Helping the homeless Uploaded by Gary Dee, via Wikimedia Commons

How should we decide what to do?

A scholar suggests a few approaches that have withstood the test of time.

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