Voluntary Euthanasia Society

Voluntary Euthanasia Society
a British organization whose aim is to change the law to make it legal to help very ill people who want to die to do so and to help people to make living wills that make clear their wishes about medical treatment if they become seriously ill. It was started by a group of doctors in 1935.

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