A person’s wish to die can be shaped by whether they have access to proper palliative care – and too many do not, says Labour ...

Dr Philip Nitschke, who helped a terminal cancer patient through the world's first voluntary assisted dying process 30 years ...

Members of Parliament recently voted to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales through The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. This Bill will provide an adult who is terminally ill, with a ...

What does it mean to die well, with dignity? The question is at the heart of the contentious debate over whether legalizing physician-assisted death for terminally ill patients is an act of compassion ...

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law last fall a bill that made California the fifth state to allow physician-assisted dying for patients who are terminally ill. The bill was modeled after ...

Data from California, the fifth state to legalize physician-assisted dying, has now been collected for the first 6 months after the law came into effect, covering the period from June to December 2016 ...

Voluntary assisted dying is usually thought to be reserved for the elderly, but a number of terminally ill young people are ...

Heated parliamentary debate is expected as a voluntary assisted dying bill is tabled in the only jurisdiction yet to legalise ...

My husband died — alone — after suffering for 17 years with Parkinson’s. We had planned to be together when that moment came, but we were robbed because he died in his sleep in a care facility. In ...

Assisted dying does not represent a leap into a dangerous unknown, she explains. Other jurisdictions, such as the US state of Oregon, have proved that it is possible to change the law, and doctors ...

South Korea's National Assembly Research Service has called for a national debate on physician-assisted dying to address the ...