Doctors intervened to assist more than 30,000 people to die last year around the world, marking a record high for cases of assisted suicide/dying and euthanasia in countries where the practises are legal.
The findings come from a data analysis report conducted by the Daily Telegraph ahead of a UK vote on legalising assisted dying on Friday, 29 November, when the Second Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is scheduled in Parliament.
The most notable increases across the globe have been recorded in countries where assisted suicide/dying and euthanasia have been made legal, after changes to the law, including the Netherlands, Belgium, the US states of California and Oregon, and Canada.
