Topic: Germany
In a story June 25 about a right-to-die case, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Germany's top criminal court legalized assisted suicide. The court didn't rule on the issue of assisted suicide. The case involved a woman in a vegetative coma who ...
KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) - Terminally ill patients on life support should have the right to die if they want to, Germany's highest civil court said on Friday in a landmark ruling on assisted suicide.After years of debate in Germany over euthanasia, the ...
In patients with incurable cancer, fewer than half are involved in the decision-making process concerning the limitation of life-prolonging treatment, according to a study published online ahead of print March 23 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.. Eva C. Winkler, M.D., of ...