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Use of voluntary assisted dying by minors

Neil Francis / 13 September 2020

RSA Fellow Neil Francis shows that the use of VAD by minors does happen in the four countries where it is legal but it is very rare. In all cases, there was parental involvement in the decision-making and the same criteria apply as for adults: severe, refractory underlying illness with extreme, unrelievable suffering.

VADUseByMinorsWorldwideEvidence2020.pdf

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Photo by Vitolda Klein on Unsplash.

All the more reason.