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Assisted suicide
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Assisted suicide (also called physician-assisted suicide (PAS)) describes the process by which a person, with the help of others, takes drugs to end their life.[1][2]
This medical practice is an end-of-life measure for a person suffering a painful, terminal illness.[3] Once it is determined that the person's situation qualifies under the laws for that location, the physician's assistance is usually limited to writing a prescription for a lethal dose of drugs. This practice falls under the concept of the medical right to die.
Assisted suicide is legal in some countries, under certain circumstances, including Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, parts of the United States and all six states in Australia. The constitutional courts of Colombia, Ecuador and Italy have legalized assisted suicide, but their governments have not yet legislated or regulated the practice.
- ^ "assisted suicide". Encyclopaedia Brittanica. 30 October 2023. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ "Medical Aid In Dying Is Not Assisted Suicide, Suicide or Euthanasia - Compassion & Choices". compassionandchoices.org/. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "physician-assisted suicide". July 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023.
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