Master in Food Ethics and Law

UNESCO Chair in Bioethics

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  • Bioethics and Law Observatory
  • UNESCO Chair in Bioethics
  • University of Barcelona
  • Faculty of Law
  • Ave. Diagonal, 684
  • 08034 Barcelona
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • obd.ub@ub.edu
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  • Master in Bioethics and Law
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • master.bd@ub.edu

 

"Regulation of assisted suicide limits the number of assisted deaths"

The Lancet

Several  countries  and  US  states  have  recently  legalised  euthanasia,  assisted  suicide, or both, including Canada and California,  USA.  In  2017,  more  than  13000  patients  died  through  either  method of assisted death in countries where  these  practices  are  permitted.  Euthanasia  and  assisted  suicide  have  been  legal  in  the  Netherlands  and  Belgium  since  2002,  whereas  assisted  suicide  has  been  legal  in  Switzerland  since  1918  and  in  Oregon,  USA,  since  1997.