Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill : UK Parliament
The UK Parliament has passed the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Commons, which allows terminally ill patients with less than six months to live to opt for assisted dying in England and Wales.
- UK Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is a legislation that enables terminally ill adults to legally end their life under strict medical and legal oversight.
- Features of the Bill:
- Applicable in England and Wales.
- Restricted to patients with less than 6 months to live.
- Requires approval by two doctors, a psychiatrist, a senior lawyer, and a social worker.
- The word “Euthanasia” comes from Greek, meaning “good death”. It refers to the intentional act of ending a person’s life to relieve them from unbearable pain or terminal illness, usually when there is no hope of recovery.
