Medicine

Should assisted suicide be part of medicine? Is it appropriate for doctors to prescribe their patients lethal drugs? What might be the impact on the doctor-patient relationship? Does a right to die already exist in the UK?

We explore all these vital questions and look at the evidence relating to medicine, assisted suicide and euthanasia?

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Forget ‘Assisted Dying’, we need a debate about dying.

06/02/2016,
There has been too much focus on what is being called a ‘right to die’ and too little ....
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Challenging the conspiracy of silence.

18/01/2016,
Three generations have been unable to observe the onset and progress of dying at first hand ....
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The changing face of dying.

18/01/2016, ,
“We should challenge the conspiracy of silence that leaves many of us to live misinformed ....
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UK ranked first for quality of end of life care.

19/10/2015,
Britain has, once again, been ranked first for quality of end-of-life care. But there is no room ....
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Washington – Physician-assisted suicide in 2014.

25/09/2015,
An apparently level trend but with unknowns Washington State published its report during the ....
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A better deal for the terminally ill.

23/09/2015,
Private Member’s Bill seeks to ensure equal access to palliative care for all who need it ....
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The Assisted Dying No. 2 Bill

06/09/2015, , , ,
It is neither right nor safe to change the law on assisting suicide Rob Marris’s Private ....
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Assisted Dying No.2 Bill.

04/09/2015, , , ,
Should Parliament License Assistance with Suicide? A supplementary report. In our last report, we ....
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Scotland Assisted Suicide Bill contains significant flaws, says committee

30/04/2015,
Holyrood’s committee examining Patrick Harvie’s Assisted Suicide Bill is not persuaded ....
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