UK Debating Assisted Dying Again
July 6, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions, Women's Health
Assisted dying isn’t the same thing as euthanasia, although the two are often linked hand in hand. The practice of euthanasia is someone actively choosing to end someone else’s life for a particular reason. This could be because the person is terminally ill so another person puts the death into motion or it could be someone killing another person who has a disability or illness. In other words, the death is brought on by someone else’s hands and someone else’s decisions.
Assisted dying, on the other hand, is helping someone who has chosen to die – to die. In other words, …read more




