Context A central approach of palliative care has been to provide holistic care for people
who are dying, terminally ill, or facing life-limiting illnesses while neither hastening nor …

Background Humanitarian crises and emergencies, events often marked by high mortality,
have until recently excluded palliative care—a specialty focusing on supporting people with …

It is well known that there are disagreements between the proponents of palliative care and
of euthanasia or assisted dying, often with little common ground, shaping the end of life …

Ethical arguments about assisted dying often focus on whether or not respect for an
individual's autonomy gives a reason to offer them an assisted death if they want it. In this …

The evolution of medicine confronts healthcare professionals with new ethical challenges.
Elements such as professional secrecy, patient benefit, justice in the distribution of …

مرگ از روی ترحم (آتانازی) از مسائل بنیادی اخلاق زیستی است. معنای عمومی آن عبارت است از عمل
یا روشی که موجب مرگی آسان و بدون درد می‌گردد، به عنوان راهی برای پایان‌دادن به درد و رنج بیماران …‎

Påskyndad död innefattar många olika tolkningar och metoder, från eutanasi till självmord.
Vissa länder inkluderar påskyndad död i sjukvården i syfte att lindra lidande. Andra länder …