Mental Health - Widower Experience (WX)

Source of graphic:  wikipedia - Author of the graphic Vgonzalez630 Nothing is more personal than how we define a good life . a life with dignity and as well a death with dignity.  Dignity can be found in having that final choice, knowing that the dying person has control of a future, however limited, and the end-of-life decisions important to them. Taking care of all what matters in life, death and what might will follow often gives peace of mind to those contemplating death, contributing to their emotional well-being, and helping to assure a dignified dying process.  We all need legal boundary conditions - these are the conditions I collected for several states: Legality of assisted suicide in ... Belgium In Belgium, it can be part of a doctor's job to end a patient's life. It's been the law since 2002.  Belgium has the most liberal euthanasia law in the world. And even though this country is predominantly Roman Catholic, surveys show overwhelming support here ...

As mentioned and outline in my blog posts before in German ( Recht auf selbstbestimmtes Sterben ) and English ( Right to a Self-determined Death ) German Federal Constitutional Court has stated, in a judgment pronounced in February 2020, that the prohibition of assisted suicide services set out in § 217 (which made assisted suicide a criminal offense) of the German Criminal Code is inoperative and violates the German Basic Law. In Canada there has been the possibility of so-called assisted suicide for 5 years. What (intended and unintentional) psychological and social consequences, as they are visible in Canada, entails such an opening to suicide assistance? What can German legislation learn from Canadian experiences and observations? Perhaps the Canadian legislation on “ MAID - Medical Assistance in Dying ” might or can serve as a role model?!   Prof. Dr. Raymond Voltz (Director of the Center for Palliative Medicine, University Hospital Cologne) and Prof. Gary Rodin MD (Direct...