Dr. Dugdale is a physician and an ethicist at Columbia University and the author of the book “The Lost Art of Dying: Reviving Forgotten Wisdom.” Early in my medical career, I was shocked to learn that ...

Readers respond to a doctor’s essay about the drawbacks of medical-aid-in-dying measures. To the Editor: Re “The Big Flaw in New York’s Assisted Suicide Bill,” by L.S. Dugdale (Opinion guest essay, ...

“If you have a terminal illness, and are in great pain, I think you should have the right to end your life … It is discrimination against the disabled to deny them the right… that able-bodied people ...

Will this be the session that convinces Massachusetts lawmakers to follow two other New England states in passing legislation legalizing physician-assisted end of life? Companion bills (H 2505 / S1486 ...

A state bill to legalize end-of-life options including physician-assisted suicide is before the state Legislature this year. The bill has been debated before without passage. About 80% of people ...

As Gov. Hochul considers the assisted suicide bill sitting on her desk, she needs to listen to the voices of her most vulnerable constituents who would be harmed if this ill-conceived bill is enacted ...