In an article in The Daily Mail Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (left, as a child) writes about her mother's battle with cancer, her wish to have assistance to die, her change of mind and her final four years of fulfilled life.
Mum wanted to die, but convincing her to live gave us both a gift beyond measure
Friday 19th March 2010 • Permalink • Policy areas: Medicine • Society
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Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff is a practising consultant at Velindre Cancer Hospital, Cardiff, and Professor of Palliative Medicine at Cardiff University, where she was Vice-Dean of the School of Medicine until 2005. She was Welsh Woman of the Year 1996-97 and was created a Life Peer in 2001. From 2006 to 2008 she was President of the Royal Society of Medicine. In Parliament she chaired the Select Committee on Allergies in 2007 and has been active in a range of other health-related issues. She is Co-Chair of LDW.
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