In those nations, MAID is available to a wider universe of pained people, not just those with fewer than six months to live.

Nurse Gay Vandenberg recalls caring for dying AIDS patients during a horrifying epidemic in the documentary '5B.' Guy Vandenberg said there was laughter to be found when he was surrounded by death ...

Patients eligible for aid-in-dying laws include terminally ill adults with six months or less to live, who are mentally competent and can administer and ingest lethal medications themselves.

"Once 'what I want' is exalted as the measure, there is no natural stopping point to what will be demanded and allowed," says the letter writer.

Patients eligible for aid-in-dying laws include terminally-ill adults with six months or less to live, who are mentally competent and can administer and ingest lethal medications themselves. Two ...

Medical aid in dying is intended to provide a sense of autonomy for patients who are suffering from chronic or terminal illness. This this is something beyond treating pain.

That could allow New York or Pennsylvania patients to use New Jersey’s aid-in-dying law, for instance, or Maryland and Virginia residents to seek providers in Washington, D.C.

Brittany Maynard's husband, Dan Diaz, says her determination to access medical aid in dying helped in his grieving process.

In his opinion piece "Assisted suicide wrong for doctors, patients" (Jan. 20 Journal), Dr. Anthony Vigil argues the Elizabeth Whitefield End of Life Options Act, which would legalize medical aid ...

Causes of Death in HIV-Infected Patients Treated with Antiretroviral Therapy, 1996-2006: Collaborative Analysis of 13 HIV Cohort Studies. Clinical Infectious Diseases , 2010;50:1387-1396 DOI: 10. ...

Unlike an older term, “physician aid in dying,” “medical aid in dying” also centered on the patient. “This is not a decision the physician’s making — this is not even a suggestion ...

New Jersey’s historic “Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act” has helped dozens of terminally ill patients. But, tragically, 25% of this doctor's eligible patients who requested ...