The latest report from Oregon on that State’s physician-assisted suicide law reveals another substantial rise in such deaths and an … Read More
Evidence to the New Zealand Parliament Health Committee.
Living and Dying Well has provided written evidence to a parliamentary inquiry in New Zealand into ending life, including suicide … Read More
Challenging the conspiracy of silence.
Three generations have been unable to observe the onset and progress of dying at first hand Kathryn Mannix’s paper (“What … Read More
The changing face of dying.
“We should challenge the conspiracy of silence that leaves many of us to live misinformed and unnecessarily fearful”, says senior … Read More
UK ranked first for quality of end of life care.
Britain has, once again, been ranked first for quality of end-of-life care. But there is no room for complacency In … Read More
Washington – Physician-assisted suicide in 2014.
An apparently level trend but with unknowns Washington State published its report during the summer on physician-assisted suicide in the … Read More
A better deal for the terminally ill.
Private Member’s Bill seeks to ensure equal access to palliative care for all who need it Baroness Finlay’s Access to Palliative … Read More
A decisive rejection.
The House of Commons has rejected Rob Marris’s Assisted Dying Bill by a substantial majority Today the House of Commons … Read More
No legal basis for normalising suicide.
Laws are more than just regulatory instruments: they send social messages In an article in The Daily Telegraph on the day Parliament … Read More
Assisted Dying No.2 Bill – Hansard Record.
House of Commons Rejects Rob Marris MP’s Assisted Dying No.2 Bill On 11 September the House of Commons debated and … Read More