This is a serious matter calling for careful weighing of the evidence and with no place for politically-motivated scaremongering Writing … Read More
What if…. ‘Assisted Dying’ were to be legalised?
If we are wise, we will learn from the experience of others rather than from our own mistakes In an article published … Read More
Assisting suicide is not a role for doctors.
On 21 June the British Medical Association, at its Annual Representative Meeting, rejected a Motion that its policy of opposition … Read More
BMA reaffirms its opposition to physician-assisted suicide.
The BMA has rejected a Motion that it should adopt a policy of neutrality on whether ‘assisted dying’ should be … Read More
A thoughtful report which deserves careful consideration.
The BMA’s End-of Life Care and Physician-Assisted Dying report contains much valuable material and warrants careful study. The BMA has … Read More
The BMA should resist attempts to neutralise it in the ‘Assisted Dying’ debate.
Attempts to push the BMA into a position of neutrality on legalisation of assisted suicide are in reality attempts to … Read More
First, do no harm.
Doctors should stand up the the assisted suicide lobby, says The Daily Telegraph. In an editorial The Daily Telegraph has commented on … Read More
We need to get to the real problem with dying. Quick fixes are a distraction.
Dying has become too medicalised. Doctors are not there to solve our existential problems. Earlier this year we published a … Read More
The ‘good death’ – not something for doctors to prescribe.
Assisted suicide is a symptom of a deeper malaise and a distraction In a thoughtful and thought-provoking article in The Guardian Dr … Read More
Forget ‘Assisted Dying’, we need a debate about dying.
There has been too much focus on what is being called a ‘right to die’ and too little thought given … Read More