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In 2010, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, 52.8 million people died. [2] In 2016, the WHO recorded 56.7 million deaths [ 3 ] with the leading cause of death as cardiovascular disease causing more than 17 million deaths (about 31% of the total) as shown in the chart to the side.
Although a dignified death can be natural and occur without any type of assistance, [2] the concept is frequently associated with the right to die, [3] as well as with the defense of the legalization of practices such as voluntary euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, terminal sedation or the refusal of medical assistance. [4]
The Peaceful Pill Handbook is a book that provides information on assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia. Written by the Australian doctor Philip Nitschke and lawyer Fiona Stewart, it was originally published in the U.S. in 2006. A German edition of the print book—Die Friedliche Pille—was published in 2011.
“This is one option for those people who choose to make sure that they can die peacefully and lovingly and leave their family knowing that they have been able to end their own lives the way they ...
“Those who choose medical aid in dying are terminally ill and would much prefer to live, but, destined to die soon, would choose to die peacefully." NH House passes medical aid in dying: Debate ...
According to euthanasia opponent Ezekiel Emanuel, proponents of euthanasia have presented four main arguments: a) that people have a right to self-determination, and thus should be allowed to choose their own fate; b) assisting a subject to die might be a better choice than requiring that they continue to suffer; c) the distinction between ...
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Proponents of AND argue that, by "allowing" natural death, the provider is, instead, consciously deciding to engage in care; although such care is not life-extending, this form of care respects the wishes of patients to die peacefully and without suffering. [5] AND and DNR share similar ethical considerations with regards to end-of-life care.