Archives: Terms and Definitions

Refers to the ability of a patient to make a rational choice in his or her own best interest. A person may be diagnosed as

Comfort Care refers to care that is designed to provide comfort and dignity when curative therapy is no longer appropriate. It includes the process of

Globally, various positive developments have happened this year to obtain choices for a dignified death, according to the World Federation of Right to Die Societies

The ending of one’s own life by taking a medication knowingly provided by a physician for that purpose. A physician knowingly supplies the means, which