The practice whereby a person suffering from a terminal illness or incurable condition is helped to take their own life, especially by means of lethal drugs provided by a doctor for the purpose.
assisted dying is lawful in Switzerland and the Netherlands
Example sentencesExamples
Around 150 Britons are thought to have died at the clinic, which exploits liberal Swiss laws on assisted dying.
Soon after taking office she provoked anger by saying she supported the legalisation of assisted dying.
She took her case to have the law clarified on assisted dying to the highest court in the land where a panel of five Law Lords give their ruling.
Since then Belgium, Holland and Oregon have changed their laws to permit assisted dying in different ways.
Dr Williams outlined his opposition to assisted dying in a sermon at Westminster Abbey earlier this week to mark the annual commemoration of Florence Nightingale.
There is no right to assisted dying.
The programme revealed that both sides in the assisted dying debate have a deep distrust of each other, and particularly of those who work in the medical profession.
Another poll last month found that four in five people would like the law on medically assisted dying changed.
He told peers: 'Assisted dying with safeguards is one of the many legitimate choices that dying patients should have.'
Anti-euthanasia campaigners fear a law allowing assisted dying could become a slippery slope.
Definition of assisted dying in US English:
assisted dying
noun
The practice whereby a person suffering from a terminal illness or incurable condition is helped to take their own life, especially by means of lethal drugs provided by a doctor for the purpose.
assisted dying is lawful in Switzerland and the Netherlands
Example sentencesExamples
She took her case to have the law clarified on assisted dying to the highest court in the land where a panel of five Law Lords give their ruling.
Soon after taking office she provoked anger by saying she supported the legalisation of assisted dying.
Anti-euthanasia campaigners fear a law allowing assisted dying could become a slippery slope.
Since then Belgium, Holland and Oregon have changed their laws to permit assisted dying in different ways.
Around 150 Britons are thought to have died at the clinic, which exploits liberal Swiss laws on assisted dying.
He told peers: 'Assisted dying with safeguards is one of the many legitimate choices that dying patients should have.'
There is no right to assisted dying.
Dr Williams outlined his opposition to assisted dying in a sermon at Westminster Abbey earlier this week to mark the annual commemoration of Florence Nightingale.
The programme revealed that both sides in the assisted dying debate have a deep distrust of each other, and particularly of those who work in the medical profession.
Another poll last month found that four in five people would like the law on medically assisted dying changed.