Background: Medical Assistance in Dying comprises interventions that can be provided by
medical practitioners to cause death of a person at their request if they meet predefined …

Introduction The debate on assisted dying and its components, euthanasia and physician-
assisted suicide has evolved with the emergence of the right to dignity and the wish to …

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

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 …

Medicalisation is a pervasive feature of contemporary end of life and dying in Western
Europe and North America. In this article, we focus on the relationship between two specific …

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 …

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 …

A partir de la delimitación del objeto y contenido del derecho fundamental a la vida tal y
como está consagrado en nuestro entorno constitucional, este estudio examina las …

В статье рассматриваются различные подходы к преждевременному прекращению
жизни неизлечимо больного пациента как на уровне отдельно взятого государства, так …

While COVID-19 brings unprecedented challenges to the US healthcare system,
understanding narratives of historical disasters illuminates ethical complexities shared with …