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 …

Examining the evidence from Belgium–one of only five countries where euthanasia is
practised legally–an international panel of experts considers the implications of legalised …

Objectives: To analyse legislation and medical professional positions concerning the
doctor's role in assisted dying in western Europe, and to discuss their implications for …

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 …

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 …

Background Victoria is the first state in Australia to legalise voluntary assisted dying
(elsewhere known as physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia). The Victorian law took …

This study reports UK doctors' opinions about legalisation of medically assisted dying
(euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide), comparing this with the UK general public. A …

iEaseful Death/i sets out in straightforward terms the main arguments both for and against
the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia. The legal choices confronting those …

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 …

Medically assisted death is legal in a few countries, and discussion about legalisation is
ongoing in many others. But legalisation may be premature when we still do not know why …