Learn about the types of euthanasia, including where they're legal and why they’re controversial, and discover tips on making difficult end-of-life decisions.

Overview of anti-euthanasia arguments. It's possible to argue about the way we've divided up the arguments, and many arguments could fall into more categories than we've used.

Should euthanasia be allowed for those with mental ... fear that assisted suicide could be used as a substitute for adequate psychiatric care. In one widely reported example in Canada, ...

Several states have begun to consider legislation that would legalize active voluntary euthanasia. To address some of the ethical issues raised by such legislation, the Center for Applied Ethics ...

A government-ordered euthanasia facility on the downtown campus of the Catholic-run St. Paul’s Hospital is now fully ...

At times, investigators ask an IACUC for permission to perform either cervical dislocation or decapitation without using sedating or anesthetic drugs that might compromise ongoing research. The ...

To be sure, there are relevant differences between active euthanasia and, for example, removing a brain-dead person from life support. There are none, however, ...

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.

For example, an owner may choose to say goodbye prior to the euthanasia process because they do not want to remember their pet in his current condition. This does not mean they love their pet any ...

On euthanasia forums, doctors and nurses continue to struggle with cases of patients who aren’t fatally ill, lamenting that Canada’s health and social services can seem woefully inadequate.

For example, a poll taken last year in Canada found that 27 percent of Canadians strongly or moderately agree that euthanasia is acceptable for suffering caused by “poverty” and 28 percent ...