Euthanasia protocols rely on off-label drugs. With little data and no oversight on complications, how do we know the death is ...
A disputed case of euthanasia in Belgium, involving the death of a dementia patient who never formally asked to die, has again raised concerns about weak oversight in a country with some of the ...
TORONTO — A homeless man refusing long-term care, a woman with severe obesity, an injured worker given meager government assistance, and grieving new widows. All of them requested to be killed under ...
A woman in her 80s was euthanized in Ontario, Canada, after telling medical staff she wanted to live and receive hospice care ...
A disputed case of euthanasia in Belgium, involving the death of a dementia patient who never formally asked to die, has again raised concerns about weak oversight in a country with some of the ...
TORONTO — A homeless man refusing long-term care, a woman with severe obesity, an injured worker given meager government assistance, and grieving new widows. All of them requested to be killed under ...
To legalise or not legalise euthanasia, commonly known as mercy killing, is often an emotive issue whenever and wherever it is raised because it evokes strong moral, ethical and religious issues.
After legalizing euthanasia in 2016, Canada broadened its law in 2021 to allow people with incurable, but not terminal, conditions – including disability alone – to seek a way to die. This vastly ...
“It surely is a long agonising wait before a physician allows euthanasia, because there is always something left to try to make your suffering more bearable. Recommendations from two other physicians ...
Spain has made medical history by performing the world’s first face transplant using tissue from a donor who underwent ...
The woman asked a court in April 2024 to allow her to exercise her right to die, but her father claimed she suffered from mental disorders that affected her decision-making.
Euthanasia programs are increasing Canada has the world’s fastest-growing program for euthanasia, the practice of doctors and nurse practitioners killing patients with an injection of drugs at their ...