Table 1 Overview of the legislation on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in the different countries where it is established

Entry into force of law

2001

2002

2009

1942

2015

2016

2017

2008–2019

Physician-assisted suicide (PAS)

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Euthanasia (EUT)

+

+

+

–

+

+

–

–

Allowed to be given to mentally ill

PAS/EUT

PAS/EUT

PAS/EUT

PAS

–

PAS/EUT

–

PAS

Age limit

≥12

no limit

≥18

No regulation, but usually only applied ≥18

≥6

≥18

≥18

≥18

Reference

https://english.euthanasiecommissie.nl/

http://www.ethical-perspectives.be/viewpic.php?LAN=E&TABLE=EP&ID=59

http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/mopdf/2014/03/12_1.pdf#Page67

(Dutch and French language)

https://guichet.public.lu/de/citoyens/famille/euthanasie-soins-palliatifs/fin-de-vie/euthanasie-assistance-suicide.html (German language)

http://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2009/03/16/n2/jo

(French language)

https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19370083/index.html

https://www.bj.admin.ch/bj/en/home/gesellschaft/gesetzgebung/archiv/sterbehilfe/formen.html

https://www.minsalud.gov.co/Normatividad_Nuevo/Resolución%201216%20de%202015.pdf

(Spanish language)

López- Benavides 2018

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/medical-assistance-dying.html

https://end-of-life.qut.edu.au/euthanasia

https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/hospitals-and-health-services/patient-care/end-of-life-care/voluntary-assisted-dying

www.deathwithdignity.org