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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Assisted Dying Bill: Can you really tell if someone’s of sound and settled mind for suicide?
Doctors fail to spot symptoms of depression in 9 out of 10 elderly people.
RCGP announces continued opposition to change in law on ‘Assisted Dying’.
A clear decision from the consulting room.
The demise of the Liverpool Care Pathway: should we ban the highway code because of bad drivers?
“An issue which goes to the heart of medicine”.
“No decision about me without me”.
Mental capacity and assisted suicide.
More care, less pathway.
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