more-inIn a historic decision, the Supreme Court on Friday declared passive euthanasia and the right of persons, including the terminally ill, to give advance directives to refuse medical treatment permissible. The court said it was time to dispense with such shared suffering and sense of guilt and face the reality. Hence, the court, Justice Sikri said, was rightly in favour of the right to die with dignity. The guidelines also cover a situation where there is no living will and how to approach a plea for passive euthanasia. "Free will includes the right of a person to refuse medical treatment," he said.

Source: The Hindu March 09, 2018 06:34 UTC