European countries that allow assisted dying

Vial with pentobarbital used for euthanasia and lethal inyecion in a hospital. [iStockphoto]

Slovenia on Sunday will be the latest European country to determine whether to allow assisted dying, as it holds a referendum after parliament voted in favour in July.

Here is a round-up of the situation in Europe, where several countries already allow the terminally ill to end their lives, by euthanasia (death induced by a caregiver at the request of a patient) or assisted dying, where the patient is assisted in ending their own life.