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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Of sound mind for suicide?
Assisting a patient’s suicide is not part of a doctor’s role.
This is not what the debate is about.
The Liverpool Care Pathway – what are we to make of the controversy?
Nursing is a privilege, not just a tick in a box.
Only 20 per cent of doctors would perform euthanasia if legal, poll finds.
GMC: Guidance relating to encouraging or assisting suicide.
GMC: When a patient seeks advice or information about assistance to die.
Baroness Neuberger to investigate claims on care for dying patients.
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