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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NHS: Liverpool Care Pathway
The Liverpool Care Pathway to dignity in death.
Hospitals treating Liverpool Care Pathway as just ‘another thing to do’.
House of Commons debate on the Liverpool Care Pathway: Westminster Hall.
The case for neutrality on assisted dying – A personal view.
King’s College London – Assisted dying debate.
Don’t push me onto the death path, doc.
Redefining physicians’ role in assisted dying.
Tony Nicklinson and a doctor’s take on assisted dying.
Law
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Overseas
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Society
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Reports
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