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India has begun framing guidelines on so-called “passive” euthanasia that would lay out conditions for shutting off life support for terminally ill patients. But medical and religious organisations have expressed concerns that the norms would place too much responsibility on doctors to make decisions between life or death.

Is the way to address big issues, such as assisted dying, the model used in Ireland, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

If birth rates are falling it could be down to choosing childlessness, rather than economics or infertility

Forecast indicates about 130,000 more people will need palliative care by 2048

Britain's King Charles will spend the first full day of a landmark trip to his Australian realm recuperating and without public engagements Saturday, a nod to the 75-year-old cancer patient's fragile health.

Exclusive: George Carey’s position in stark contrast to that of current head of C of E and that of Islam and the Catholic church

An expert committee reviewing euthanasia deaths in Canada’s most populous province has identified several cases where patients asked to be killed in part for social reasons such as isolation and fears of homelessness

The British Arkéa rider on shifting from sprinter to leadout man

Kim Leadbeater wrote to Justin Welby after he described a change in the law as dangerous and ‘a slippery slope’UK politics live – latest updates

Review called after revelation that thousands of unpaid carers have been forced to repay accidental overpayments