Joy's power, Kaos reviewed, and assisted dying.

I witnessed an assisted death. We need to be honest in the debate about it.

The case for assisted dying appeals to choice and autonomy, yet not all choices are good. It means vast numbers of people will face a terrible choice as their life nears its end.

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The UK takes a step into the bleak unknown.

Literally life-changing legislation needs a parliament at its best not its worst.

It's not a reason to end a life, it's the very possibility of our being human.

The ethical principle of double effect.

In Canada the moral ethos of medicine has shifted dramatically.

MPs from areas where people are vulnerable and at risk were more sensitive to the dangers.

Despite attempts to normalise it, new challenges still arise.

A Japanese drama about medical assistance in dying, Plan 75, reveals a lot about our relationlessness.

If intense suffering caused by society drives autistic people to seek assisted death, then society has failed.

There’s hollow rhetoric on keeping people safe from coercion.

On the eve of her Theos annual lecture on 'Death for Beginners', Robert Wright speaks to former palliative care consultant Kathryn Mannix about the need for everyone to re-engage with the process of dying. Part of the Seen & Unseen How to Die Well series.

The risk and mental cost of forcing someone to act against their conscience.

Assisted dying and the unintended consequences of compassion.

Translating ‘lethal injection’ from Dutch releases the strange power of words.

What could not be said about the assisted dying debate

Balancing safeguards and economic expediencies after the assisted dying vote.

As Jersey begins to legalise assisted dying, there’s keyword confusion.

“What disabled people need is assistance to live, not to die.”