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  2. Advance healthcare directive - Wikipedia

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    An advance healthcare directive, also known as living will, personal directive, advance directive, medical directive or advance decision, is a legal document in which a person specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves because of illness or incapacity.

  3. Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 - Wikipedia

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    The Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 (NT) [1] was a law legalising euthanasia in the Northern Territory of Australia, which was passed by the territory's Legislative Assembly in 1995. The Act was passed by the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly on 25 May 1995 by a vote of 15 to 10, received the Administrator's assent on 16 June 1995 ...

  4. Voluntary euthanasia - Wikipedia

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    Voluntary euthanasia is the purposeful ending of another person's life at their request, in order to relieve them of suffering.Voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) have been the focus of intense debate in the 21st century, surrounding the idea of a right to die.

  5. California End of Life Option Act - Wikipedia

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    End of Life Option Act added to Division 1 of the California Health and Safety Code. [9] The act includes definitions and procedures which must be fulfilled, a statement of request for aid-in-dying drugs which must be signed and witnessed and a final attestation of intent signed 48 hours before self-administering the drug. [ 9 ]

  6. Noa Pothoven, 17-year-old who sought euthanasia, dies at home ...

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    Children as young as 12 can seek euthanasia in the Netherlands, although patients younger than 16 years old need parental consent to do so. In 2017, the country saw a reported 6,585 deaths by ...

  7. Euthanasia for mental illness - Wikipedia

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    In Belgium, euthanasia for mental illness is legal if the patient is mentally competent to make the decision; the patient requests euthanasia on two separate occasions in writing; the patient is suffering from an incurable disease or mental illness, and all treatment options have been exhausted; and the patient is experiencing "unbearable suffering" from the illness, either physically or ...

  8. 22YO Woman Backs Out Of Euthanasia Seconds Before Doctor ...

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    In 2023, more than 9,060 people died by euthanasia in the Netherlands, making up around 5.4% of the total number of deaths (169,363), according to an annual report released by the Regional ...

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