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UK Law on Assisted Dying

December 6 , 2024 8 days 88 0
  • The UK passed the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill recently.
  • The Bill allows terminally ill patients (those with little to no hope of recovery from fatal illnesses) to request assistance to end their own life.
  • Assisted dying is the process by which a patient can end their own life with the assistance of a doctor.
  • Euthanasia involves the more active involvement of the doctor to end the life of a terminally ill patient.
  • The Bill says that only a terminally ill person above the age of 18 and with the mental “capacity” to make such a decision can request assisted dying.

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