The issue triggers passionate arguments on both sides, but there is little doubt that public opinion in many European countries now supports people with terminal illnesses having some control over the timing and manner of their death.
Some have raised concerns about an increasing number of cases in recent years in areas such as advanced dementia, “duo” euthanasia of couples, and psychiatric suffering.
“When I have drunk this I will have renounced one of the worst types of slavery, that of being a living head glued to a dead body,” said Sampedro, whose story was told in the 2004 Academy award-winning film The Sea Inside.
His case is often credited with why, in the lead-up to Spain’s 2021 legalisation, polls suggested that as many as 87% of the country agreed with the statement that “people with incurable diseases should have the right to access medically assisted dying”.
“In regions where the conservative People’s party are in power, they’ve done the minimum of what’s legally necessary, but they haven’t made much effort in terms of training professionals or educating the public,” said Arseguet.
Dame Esther Rantzen’s disclosure in December that she would like the option of an assisted death in the face of her diagnosis of terminal lung cancer galvanised the debate over end-of-life care in the UK.
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The issue triggers passionate arguments on both sides, but there is little doubt that public opinion in many European countries now supports people with terminal illnesses having some control over the timing and manner of their death.
Some have raised concerns about an increasing number of cases in recent years in areas such as advanced dementia, “duo” euthanasia of couples, and psychiatric suffering.
“When I have drunk this I will have renounced one of the worst types of slavery, that of being a living head glued to a dead body,” said Sampedro, whose story was told in the 2004 Academy award-winning film The Sea Inside.
His case is often credited with why, in the lead-up to Spain’s 2021 legalisation, polls suggested that as many as 87% of the country agreed with the statement that “people with incurable diseases should have the right to access medically assisted dying”.
“In regions where the conservative People’s party are in power, they’ve done the minimum of what’s legally necessary, but they haven’t made much effort in terms of training professionals or educating the public,” said Arseguet.
Dame Esther Rantzen’s disclosure in December that she would like the option of an assisted death in the face of her diagnosis of terminal lung cancer galvanised the debate over end-of-life care in the UK.
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