Some can permit euthanasia, when a caregiver induces a patient's death at their request. Others in some cases grant permission for assisted dying, when someone helps a patient end their own life.
As France looks set to adopt a bill to allow assisted dying on Wednesday, here is a look at which European countries already authorise the terminally ill to end their lives.
Some can permit euthanasia, when a caregiver induces a patient’s death at their request.
Others in some cases grant permission for assisted dying, when someone helps a patient end their own life.
– Pioneers: Netherlands, Belgium –
In the Netherlands, euthanasia has been legal but strictly regulated since April 2002.
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