It is widely assumed by the general public that if assisted suicide (AS) or euthanasia (VE)
were legalised doctors must be essentially involved in the whole process including …

Euthanasia and assisted suicide (EAS) was openly permitted but not technically legal in the
Netherlands for decades. In 2002, it was formally legalised through the Termination of Life …

I will show that euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) are treated practically
identically in Dutch and Belgian law. And I will raise the question whether this is desirable …

Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) killing a patient voluntary active euthanasia (VAE) and
allowing a patient to die voluntary passive euthanasia (VPE) are quite distinct from one …

The death by assisted suicide in Switzerland of Australian Dr. John Elliott, in early 2007 has
highlighted the inadequacy of the law pertaining to medical decisions at end-of-life, both …

David Shaw presents a new argument to support the old claim that there is not a significant
moral difference between killing and letting die and, by implication, between active and …

This paper is part of a larger project. My overall aim is to argue that the evolution of familiar
forms of termination of life sustaining treatment, constituting so called passive euthanasia, 1 …

If it comes to choosing between methods of last resort for severely suffering, physician-
assisted suicide will probably prove more acceptable as a method of last resort than active …

The debate about physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and voluntary active euthanasia (VAE)
has risen to new levels in this country. This topic has provoked a wealth of scholarly work …

The article opens with the hypothesis that the default position that should guide healthcare
providers when treating patients at the end-of-life is that patients opt for life. In the absence …