For instance, parents of severely disabled babies can request euthanasia for them, 12- to 16-year-olds can obtain euthanasia with parental consent and those over 16 can give their own consent.

Euthanasia And Its Types There are four types of euthanasia. The first are active and passive euthanasia. Active euthanasia refers to directly or deliberately causing a patient's death.

The shift from exceptional to routine refers to the practice of euthanasia, which has exploded from 1,018 deaths nationally in 2016 to 13,241 in 2022, the last year for which data are available.

OTTAWA - A long-awaited experts' report on how Canada and Canadian families handle the end of life calls on the federal government to decriminalize euthanasia and assisted suicide.

Euthanasia activist who was arrested over suicide pod death ‘takes his own life’ - Dr Florian Willet was said to have serious psychological problems after his detention over the use of the ...

Euthanasia — when doctors kill patients at their request — can be granted in Belgium to people with both physical and mental health illnesses. The condition does not need to be fatal, but ...

Background: Belgium’s law on euthanasia allows only physicians to perform the act. We investigated the involvement of nurses in the decision-making and in the preparation and administration of ...

A solid majority of Canadians approve of euthanasia, putting public opinion firmly on one side of the debate as it gains traction in the courts and the political sphere, a new poll suggests. In a ...

Dutch doctor acquitted in case of euthanasia of 74-year-old patient with dementia Judges found the patient had expressly requested euthanasia at an earlier stage in her disease, and the doctor had ...