A young woman is due to testify in a Spanish court today in a bid to persuade a judge to let her die voluntarily against the wishes of her father, in the first case of its kind. The 23-year-old woman ...

Active euthanasia is when death is brought about by an act - for example when a person is killed by being given an overdose of pain-killers. Passive euthanasia is when death is brought about by an ...

The European Association of Palliative Care (EPAC) Ethics Task Force has stated that, "Medicalized killing of a person without the person's consent, whether nonvoluntary (where the person in unable to ...

But as a scholar of Catholic thought and practice, I also recognize that the Catholic position is a nuanced one. It opposes euthanasia and assisted dying, but it does not support extraordinary or ...

So when a counselor told her two years ago that euthanasia for psychiatric reasons was legal, she made it her goal ever since, admitting that she’s always thought about death. “My father is ...

even if they met the criteria in Canada’s euthanasia system, known nationally as MAiD, for medical assistance in dying. Here is one of the examples: Another case detailed Ms. B, a woman in her ...

A young woman is due to testify in a Spanish court today in a bid to persuade a judge to let her die voluntarily against the wishes of her father, in the first case of its kind. The 23-year-old ...

More work has been carried out on equine euthanasia to help owners through difficult decision-making. In a study published in ...

Hence, allowing euthanasia suggests that there is a point ... A paralysed person in a vegetative state is one example. He or she may is dependent upon their carers for every aspect of their ...

Are you no-kill or not?” That’s the question many animal advocates have for Mary Martin, the newly hired director for the ...