Of Life and Death: Report of the Special Senate Committee on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

This report, commissioned in February 1994, reflects Canadian views concerning the legal, social, & ethical issues of assisted suicide & euthanasia. The goal of the Committee was to facilitate debate on the part of people & governments. Chapters provide an overview & discuss terminology. Chapters on palliative care, pain control & sedation practices, witholding & withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, advance directives, assisted suicide, & euthanasia, include recommendations. (16 Appendices)