Achieving “bucket list” ambitions really does add meaning to the final days of terminally ill patients, suggests new research. Fulfilling end-of-life wishes boosts well-being, family bonds and closure, according to the findings. Whether it’s taking a ...

The new law, which takes effect next September, opens the door for people 18 or older with a terminal diagnosis to be prescribed a fatal drug.

LONDON — U.K. lawmakers on Friday approved a bill to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives, taking it one step nearer to becoming law. The vote backing what is generally termed ” assisted dying ...

Illinois residents with terminal illnesses may choose to end their lives on their own terms under a law Gov. JB Pritzker has signed.

Slovenian lawmakers became the first Eastern European country to legalize a law on Friday to allow medically-assisted suicide for terminally-ill adults, in a shift in regional end-of-life policy. The country's lawmakers passed the bill following a closely ...