Timothy E. QuillMDFounding Director, Palliative Care Program, University of Rochester Medical CenterConnect with Timothy E. Quill: Email Timothy E. QuillPosts by Timothy E. QuillFrom Bioethics BriefingsMedical Aid-in-DyingFraming the Issue The question of whether severely ill suffering patients are entitled to a physician’s help to end their suffering by ending their lives has been debated since antiquity....Read Medical Aid-in-DyingRelated PostsHastings Center NewsFacing Dementia: Clarifying End-of-Life Choices, Supporting Better LivesA new Hastings Center special report considers how America’s aging society responds to the needs and concerns of people facing dementia. New therapies that may slow progression of this terminal...Read Facing Dementia: Clarifying End-of-Life Choices, Supporting Better LivesBioethics Forum EssayDoes Calling Severe Anorexia a Terminal Condition Matter?What is at stake in calling extreme, end-stage anorexia nervosa a terminal condition? It may be thought to have implications for end-of-life decisions. I will argue that this is a mistake, although one that needs explanation.Read Does Calling Severe Anorexia a Terminal Condition Matter? Ethics and the End of LifeSelected resources from The Hastings Center. Bioethics Briefings: End of Life Care The central philosophical question in end-of-life care is how to make decisions surrounding the numerous choices about what...Read Ethics and the End of Life Ethics and Medical Aid In DyingSelected resources on medical aid in dying and euthanasia from The Hastings Center. Bioethics Briefings: Physician-Assisted Death This briefing is concerned mainly with medical aid-in-dying in the United States, where...Read Ethics and Medical Aid In Dying The Hastings Center Bioethics Timeline“Bioethics” has been defined in several different ways. Most broadly, it is the interdisciplinary study of ethical, legal, and social issues arising in the life sciences and health care. Though...Read The Hastings Center Bioethics Timeline