Drugs used for euthanasia and assisted suicide
Although physicians can use multiple types of drugs to perform euthanasia and some existing legislation specifies the use of particular drugs, those most often recommended within legal jurisdictions typically include a combination of (optional) benzodiazepine to relax the patient, followed by a high dose of a barbiturate such as thiobarbital, pentobarbital or secobarbital, which typically causes death, followed by a muscle relaxant, if required (5,11,33).
Supporting someone to carry out their wishes of assisted dying or assisted suicide remains a criminalised activity in the UK, as in many other countries in the World.
86.6% of those declaring no religion support that patients should be offered the opportunity to end their life, and the doctor/physician “should support” them in their decision.
Only participants who identified as Christian (23%) or Muslim (30.8%) indicated that the patient “should definitely not be allowed” this choice.
Infographic: Support for assisted suicide at an all-time high in Canada
https://perma.cc/RN76-MS8LAttitudes towards assisted suicide in cases of terminal illness and extreme pain in Great Britain in 2019, among the general population and healthcare professionals
https://perma.cc/2MPW-H8HMDo you consider doctor-assisted suicide morally acceptable or morally wrong?
https://perma.cc/BK9C-FVCGNo. Euthanasia implies putting down someone on his or her request. This is prohibited in Switzerland. However, Swiss law allows for assisted / accompanied suicide
https://perma.cc/4DGN-VQ34Direct, active euthanasia is therefore also forbidden
https://perma.cc/M5KW-MYHVLegality of euthanasia
https://perma.cc/N5WE-BPPKPortuguese parliament legalises euthanasia after long battle
https://perma.cc/S9YW-72VYIt would apply to people suffering from "lasting" and "unbearable" pain
https://perma.cc/J5P2-YR5NWE SHOULD ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO DIE WITH DIGNITY
https://perma.cc/V8TG-FLT7IN YOUR STATE
https://perma.cc/E4LN-GDVS