Complex Issues Examined

There are many complex issues which arise when considering assisted dying. This section identifies some of them and suggests an approach to resolving them. It will grow over time to become a comprehensive resource.

If you have an issue that we haven’t addressed, please tell us so that we can expand this section.

• What is a good death?
• Why the 6 month “safeguard” is too limiting
• What is meant by ‘Mental Capacity’ and how is it assessed?
• What do we mean by “protecting vulnerable people”?
• Protecting “vulnerable people” with an Extended Advance Decision
• Curable Depression or Understandable Misery in requests for Medically-Assisted Rational Suicide?