Background Laws allowing assisted suicide and euthanasia have been implemented in
many locations around the world but some individuals suffering with terminal illness …

Assisting or hastening death is a dilemma with many ethical as well as practical issues
facing healthcare practitioners in most countries worldwide now. Various arguments for and …

Background: Debate about appropriate and ethically acceptable end-of-life choices is
ongoing, which includes discussion about the legalization of voluntary assisted dying. Given …

Background: In the international debate about assisted dying, it is commonly stated that
euthanasia is incompatible with palliative care. In Belgium, where euthanasia was legalized …

Background Euthanasia and physician assisted suicide (PAS) are highly debated upon
particularly in the light of medical advancement and an aging society. Little is known about …

Voluntary euthanasia and physician assisted suicide has been legally performed in several
countries. However, little is known about how decision-making occurs. We undertook this …

Assisted death, a concept that includes assisted suicide and euthanasia, continues to be a
hotly debated topic in healthcare. This complex issue often is not fully understood by …

Background: Legal in some European countries and US states, physician-assisted suicide
and voluntary active euthanasia remain under debate in these and other countries …

Background: An increasing number of jurisdictions around the world are legalizing assisted
dying. This creates a particular challenge for the field of palliative care, which often …

Objective: Despite the availability of palliative care in many countries, legalization of
euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (EAS) continues to be debated—particularly …