„We need to ask our doctors — and our doctors need to answer — questions like, ‘What’s the shortest and longest time you think I have?’ “ she said. The other question patients might want to ask, she said, is, … Tęsti skaitymą →

Over the last few years abortion has been hitting the headlines with many arguing the upper limit should be reduced. But doctors who are at the front-line of the debate are struggling to come down on either side. more

Assisted suicide could be offered to Britons who are chronically depressed rather than terminally ill, says the head of a controversial Swiss group. more

Eight hundred British people are registered with Dignitas, the Swiss clinic that helps the terminally ill end their lives – up 100 since January. more

Colombia’s first legal abortion has taken place after the deeply-Catholic nation legalised the procedure in May. more

The government in India’s Punjab state is investigating the possible involvement of state officials in setting up illegal clinics and ultrasound centres accused of female foeticide. more

A lung cancer patient who won a High Court battle to be given a drug to prolong his life has died just hours after receiving the news. more

Jack Kevorkian, whose failing health may deny him a chance to be paroled, said he still believes in assisted suicide but would not choose it for himself. more

A law change allowing patients to make „living wills“ could leave doctors open to accusations of euthanasia, two Belfast anaesthetists have said. more