Within a single week, the governors of Illinois and New York both announced their support for physician-assisted suicide ...

Canada is engaged in an important, and sometimes frightening, debate about the right to life at the opposite end of the life spectrum from the debate going on here in the U.S. They are debating the ...

Two critical care physicians served as expert witnesses in the trial of William Husel, DO, the physician accused of murdering 14 patients with high doses of fentanyl, who was ultimately found not ...

This page sets out the arguments in favour of allowing euthanasia in certain cases. Should we accept that euthanasia happens and try to regulate it safely? Do people have the right to arrange their ...

Euthanasia, often referred to as “mercy killing,” is the practice of intentionally ending a life to relieve pain and suffering. The legality of euthanasia varies across the globe, with a small number ...

TORONTO — Alan Nichols had a history of depression and other medical issues, but none was life-threatening. When the 61-year-old Canadian was hospitalized in June 2019 over fears he might be suicidal, ...

So you’re at a party, and someone says something ignorant. And while you know that they’re in the wrong, and that you could totally engage them and win if you were a bit more prepared, your words ...

Last April, the Ministry for Health and Active Ageing launched The National Palliative Care Strategy 2025-2035. The main objective of the strategy is to continue strengthening access to palliative ...

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“ASSISTED dying” is a euphemism. It has no meaning in law but it means supplying lethal drugs to people who are terminally ill with the purpose of helping them to commit suicide. This is opposed in ...