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

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 …

Objective: To explore the experiences of people with a “terminal illness”, focusing on the
patients' perspective of euthanasia and assisted suicide. Method: A qualitative study using …

Assisted dying practices, which include euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS),
have expanded significantly around the world over the past 20 years. Euthanasia refers to …

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

Assisted dying is a highly controversial moral issue incorporating both physician-assisted
dying (PAD) and voluntary active euthanasia. End-of-life practices are debated in many …

This chapter focuses on the particular relationship and interconnections between
euthanasia and palliative care. Selected key data on assisted dying are presented. Of …

The majority of doctors and nurses involved in specialist palliative care reject the
legalisation of physician assisted suicide (PAS). This book explores the reasons why the …

The Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill proposed to legalise both euthanasia and
physician-assisted suicide for those with a terminal illness in the UK. A House of Lords …