Arguments about public policy are funny things. Consider the debate about whether active voluntary or non-voluntary euthanasia ought to be legalised. By voluntary euthanasia I mean euthanasia with the ...

In PAS, the physician supplies the information and perhaps the tools for the patient to induce their own death. This is the version of assisted suicide permitted in Canada and the US states in which a ...

There are 2 ways of combining terminal sedation with the termination of life-sustaining treatment: Combination of terminal sedation with withdrawing or withholding life-sustaining medical treatment; ...

A disabled government schoolteacher from Indore has appealed to the president for permission to undergo euthanasia. Fifty-two-year-old Kumari Chandrakanta Jethani, who teaches science, despite being ...

This article was written by Carlos Gutiérrez and published in CONNECTAS on February 23, 2024. An edited version is republished in Global Voices under a media partnership. The attendees will never ...

DOCTOR Suhayfa Bhamjee's research highlights the disconnect between South African criminal law and constitutional values regarding voluntary euthanasia, advocating for a legal framework that respects ...

From Aruna Shanbaug (2011) through Common Cause (2018) to the 2023 simplification of guidelines, Indian courts have permitted ...