When terminal sedation is made the object of bioethical discussion, it is mostly in a way that a literary critic might call synecdochal: A part is taken for the whole. What is made the object of ...

This page explains some of the key terms and definitions used within the BBC Ethics section on euthanasia and assisted suicide. In active euthanasia a person directly and deliberately causes the ...

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Greens senator Richard Di Natale is circulating a bill to legalise euthanasia throughout Australia, the Medical Services (Dying with Dignity) Exposure Draft Bill. The key provision permits – subject ...