HealthIndia’s top court allows passive euthanasia, but few know about living wills

India’s Supreme Court has recognised a right to die with dignity and allowed patients to record preferences on life-sustaining treatment before losing decision-making capacity. Yet many families of terminally ill patients know little about palliative care or living wills and have no plan when treatment fails.

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