Terminally ill adults in Illinois may have the option to take life-ending medication prescribed by a physician under a bill passed by the Illinois legislature last week during its fall session.

A Massachusetts bill to allow physicians to prescribe medical aid in dying medication had its first hearing April 2. Supporters of the issue say that people should be able to choose the way they die, ...

Hi. I’m Art Caplan. I'm at the Division of Medical Ethics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. A topic that we often find up in the air for discussion is medical aid in dying or assisted suicide, ...

Medical aid in dying is an end-of-life option that allows individuals with less than 6 months to live to obtain medication to end their life. Medical aid in dying is legal in 11 US states, and more ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This op-ed originally ran in the Times Union out of Albany. Two and a half centuries ago, our founding fathers established a vision of a country based on limited government and broad ...

Millions of Americans live in states where, if they become terminally ill, they are legally able to obtain a prescription for medication that they can use to end their own life on their own terms and ...

A bill that would allow physicians to prescribe medication to help terminally ill patients end their lives may finally become law in New York state, lawmakers say — nearly a decade after it was first ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Arthur Caplan, head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. A few months ago, the New York State Bar Association produced a report ...

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