The locked-in syndrome (pseudocoma) describes patients who are awake and conscious
but selectively deefferented, ie, have no means of producing speech, limb or facial …

Bioethicists involved in end‐of‐life debates routinely distinguish between 'killing'and 'letting
die'. Meanwhile, previous work in cognitive science has revealed that when people …

This paper analyzes the nature of the debate generated prior to the implementation of the
Act Respecting End-of-Life Care in 2015 in Québec (Canada). Including medical assistance …

The Locked-In Syndrome (LIS) is classically caused by an anterior pontine vascular lesion
and characterized by quadriplegia and anarthria with preserved consciousness and …

The recent change in Canadian law to allow access to medical assistance in dying restricts
eligibility, among its other criteria, to those for whom “natural death has become reasonably …

Inmaculada Echevarría padecía una distrofía muscular progresiva dependiente de
ventilación mecánica. En octubre de 2006 solicitó ser sedada y desconectada del …

The views of French, Portuguese, and Spanish people on end-of-life decisions were
compared. Two hundred seventy-seven adults from Barcelona, Oporto, and Toulouse …

The debate on euthanasia in Spain has been ongoing from the beginning of the 20th
century and remains extant. Three periods can be identified: prior to 1978, 1978-2002, and …

Euthanasia is a topical issue that receives generous coverage by the press. This paper
investigates how the press treats the subject of euthanasia by looking at a sample of British …

Conflicts between bioethicists and disability theorists often arise over the permissibility of
euthanasia and physician assisted suicide. Where mainstream bioethicists propose …