When therapy reaches a limit and there is no prospect of healing, when suffering and pain become overwhelming, the question often arises: "How do I want to die?" For more and more people, suicide becomes an expression of self-determined dying. This has sparked a heated debate in politics and society, particularly regarding whether assisted suicide can be covered by medical ethics and thus be free from prosecution. In this publication, politicians, legal experts, medical professionals, theologians, and ethicists discuss these questions controversially and offer various approaches for a critical societal debate as well as for personal judgment. An important contribution to a current topic - for professionals, interested parties, and those affected.