Background: In recognition of the ongoing discussion on euthanasia and physician-assisted
suicide, the Board of Directors of the European Association for Palliative Care …

Background Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (EAS) in patients with psychiatric
disease, dementia or patients who are tired of living (without severe morbidity) is highly …

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 …

In Death, Dying, and Organ Transplantation: Reconstructing Medical Ethics at the End of
Life, Miller and Truog challenge fundamental doctrines of established medical ethics. They …

Multiple transitions between care settings in the last phase of life could jeopardize continuity
of care and overall end-of-life patient care. Using a mortality follow-back study, we examined …

Medical professional societies have traditionally opposed physician-assisted suicide and
euthanasia (PAS-E), but this opposition may be shifting. We present 5 reasons why …

The entry sets out five conditions often said to be necessary for anyone to be a candidate for
legalized voluntary euthanasia (and, with appropriate qualifications, physician-assisted …

Abstract Objectives To assess how Dutch regional euthanasia review committees (RTE)
apply the euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (EAS) due care criteria in cases where …

Purpose While the influence of individual beliefs on decision-making has been widely
acknowledged, the interaction of different types of beliefs remains an under-researched …

Like being able to drive a car, being autonomous is a socially attributed, claimed, and
contested status. Normative debates about criteria for autonomy (and what autonomy …