Assisted dying as an ageing issue: centring older people in the debate.

Assisted dying is predominantly a later-life phenomenon, yet debate and policy design rarely centre older adults' perspectives. This commentary reframes assisted dying as an ageing issue, synthesising existing research on how older people understand autonomy, suffering, dementia, dependency and end-...

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Published in:	Age & Ageing Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 1 - 5
Main Author:	Westwood, Sue
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Apr2026
Subjects:	United Kingdom Assisted suicide Autonomy (Psychology) Palliative treatment Control (Psychology) Decision making Family relations Aging Informed consent (Medical law) Religion Terminally ill Suffering Dependency (Psychology) Old age Assisted suicide laws Burden of care Conceptual structures Dementia Dementia patients
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