Dignified death, death with dignity, dying with dignity or dignity in dying is an ethical concept aimed at avoiding suffering and maintaining control and autonomy in the end-of-life process.^[1] In general, it is usually treated as an extension of the concept of dignified life, in which people retain their dignity and freedom until the end of their life.^[2]

Although a dignified death can be natural and occur without any type of assistance,^[2] the concept is frequently associated with the right to die,^[3] as well as with the defense of the legalization of practices such as voluntary euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, terminal sedation or the refusal of medical assistance.^[4] According to its defenders, the possibility of these types of practices would be what would guarantee a dignified death, keeping free decisions until the last moment and avoiding unnecessary agony.^[2][5]

• Assisted dying (disambiguation)
• Death with dignity (disambiguation)
• Right to die
• Dignity in Dying, UK organisation