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Will Italy Finally Get a Law on Living Wills?

A law on living wills - which allow people to express their wishes about how they want to be treated and cared for in certain situations when they lack the capacity to make or communicate their decisions - will...

by Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
Living will with refusal of treatment. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

A law on living wills - which allow people to express their wishes about how they want to be treated and cared for in certain situations when they lack the capacity to make or communicate their decisions - will finally be back before the Italian Parliament at the end of January. This is a fundamental step to ensuring people's right to self-determination, says Associazione Luca Coscioni, which has long been advocating for such a law (watch their video here). Let's hope Italy will finally move towards a more humane regulation of end-of-life decisions!

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