Abstract

... having succeeded in protecting and prolonging the life of many around the world for reasons which seem natural and intrinsically good to all, we are once again faced with the dilemma of confronting our patent inability to cure it all. Faced with this recurring predicament, we somehow backtrack in our steps and decide the next best thing to assuage suffering is assisted dying and euthanasia. No matter how many reasons we conjure up in their favour, both assisted dying and euthanasia remain a stab into the unknown, into the supernatural, by patients, by its proponents, and by its practitioners both lay and medical.