Dr Charles Skinner provides an overview of the practice of palliative care in the UK in the context of the … Read More
Paliative care: What is it? and what has it got to do with ‘Assisted Dying’?
An analysis of the place of palliative care in Britain and its relation to ‘assisted dying’. Dr Charles Skinner, a … Read More
Assisted suicide: Why psychiatrists should engage in the debat (British Journal of Psychiatry).
Matthew Hotopf, William Lee and Annabel Price set out the need for psychiatrists to engage in the ‘assisted dying’ debate … Read More
The quality of death: UK ranked first in quality of end-of-life-care.
A Report from the Economist Intelligence Unit In this international survey of end-of-life care The Economist Intelligence Unit observes that … Read More
How the mass media report social statistics – a case study.
case study concerning research on end-of-life decisions In this 2010 case study, published in Social Science and Medicine, Professor Clive … Read More
The role of doctors’ religious faith and ethnicity in taking ethically controversial decisions during end-of-life care.
Professor Clive Seale analyses the role of doctors’ faith and ethnicity in end-of-life decision-making In this report published in 2010 … Read More
Mum wanted to die, but convincing her to live gave us a gift beyond measure.
In an article in The Daily Mail Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (left, as a child) writes about her mother’s battle with … Read More
Assisting suicide is no therapy.
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff analyses proposals for the legalisation of assisted suicide In this article in The Nordic Journal of … Read More
Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act: 2002 Annual Report
Official report on the implementation of physician-assisted suicide in Oregon in 2002. Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act (DWDA), enacted in … Read More