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« A third of German doctors would help terminally ill dieAustralia 2nd overall in Quality of Death Index »

South Korean legalises right-to-die for terminally ill

Article posted on Thursday 15 July 2010 by DWDnsw

Doctors will be allowed to remove life support from terminally ill patients after confirming their wish to die, under new medical guidelines on mercy killing. The guidelines were drawn up by a committee of eighteen representatives from parliament, civic groups and the judicial, religious and medical communities, the health ministry said.  Read more »...