As a review committee member, I assured foreign delegations that the Dutch model was a good one. That conclusion has become harder to support. In the U.S., assisted suicide has mostly been a hard sell ...

“As families, patients, and healthcare workers, we all face difficult choices — ethical guidance helps us make them with understanding and care” It is Ethics Awareness in the first week of November ...

Katelyn John is majoring in neuroscience and is a 2022-23 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are her own. Any form of physician-assisted suicide, now known as ...

Author: Pierre Mallia, Publisher Kite Group, 2025 I am extremely thankful to Professor Pierre Mallia for asking me to write an introduction to his collection of essays entitled The ...

For many people, death is an uncomfortable and anxiety-provoking topic. Conversations about dying may evoke fear, sadness, grief, and uncertainty. In some cultural and religious traditions, speaking ...

As a physician dedicated to supporting patients and families through some of the most challenging times in their lives, it’s clear that optimal end-of-life care involves more than simply keeping ...

Readers discuss unwanted medical care and choosing to die. To the Editor: Re “Doctors Saved Her Life, Even Over Her Wishes” (front page, Aug. 28): I read with great interest your story about when ...

Medicare recognizes the importance of end-of-life planning and what you’d like your future care to look like. Its advance care planning benefit is part of your annual wellness appointment. During your ...

Jonathan Kwan is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at New York University Abu Dhabi and was previously the Markkula Center’s Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow in Immigration Ethics. Views ...

A new survey revealed that most doctors would decline aggressive treatments, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), ventilation, or tube feeding for themselves if faced with advanced cancer or ...