Personal Views

This section of our website highlights the personal perspectives of different individuals on the impact of assisted suicide, from all sides of the debate.

Living and Dying Well Personal Views

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Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology: Palliative Care

Palliative and end of life care are increasingly in demand as people are living longer and with....

Evidence to the Canadian Parliament Special Joint Committee on MAiD

Extract of evidence to the Canadian Special Parliamentary Committee on Medical Assisted Dying....

Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, and Suicide Rates in Europe

Professor David Albert Jones has published a paper which concludes that there is no reduction....

Euthanasia in Belgium: Shortcomings of the Law and Its Application and of the Monitoring of Practice

A new paper has been published by Belgian authors, who in the past have strongly promoted....

Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill Consultation Response

An Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill has been proposed in Scotland by Liam McArthur MSP....

Baroness Meacher’s Assisted Dying Bill: Analysis of the Second Reading Debate

The Assisted Dying Bill introduced to the House of Lords by Baroness Meacher received its Second....
Man wearing blue scrub suit and mask sitting on a bench

Can doctors really be neutral on assisted dying?

The BMA's decision to adopt a position of neutrality on the vexed question of 'assisted dying' was....

Briefing for Doctors: Assisted Dying and Medical Practice

Assisted Dying legislation has enormous impacts for medical practice. A great responsibility rests....

Canada Continues Down a Dangerous Path: The 2020 MAiD Report

This summer, Health Canada released the second annual report on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)....

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