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A British Medical Journal editorial has rejected neonatal euthanasia...
The BMA is advising people to consider appointing a relative or friend to make medical decisions for them if they lose capacity...
The Independent marked the fifth anniversary of Diane Pretty's death with a front page assisted dying feature...
Two leading children's charities are confident that a pending Goverment review will lead to improved paediatric palliative care provision...
The case of a doctor and nurse standing trial for euthanasia has reignited the French euthanasia debate...
Researchers have been researching research - seeking to understand why end of life research can be so difficult...
A Cambridgeshire GP has highlighted the potential snowball effect of ordering routine tests on a Friday...
'Mercy killings' have been debated in The House of Lords...
Baroness Finlay's Palliative Care Bill to improve the availability of palliative care in England and Wales had an unopposed second reading in the House of Lords...
Morphine is a safe and effective pain killer and should never cause death, says major new study exploding myth that doctors use the drug to end life.
In our first year of operation, we played a major role in seeing Lord Joffe's Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill defeated...
CNK remain deeply concerned that some media reports are giving the misleading impression that doctors are administering morphine to dying patients in the knowledge that it will kill them...
CNK has responded to the case of a 30 year old woman with Eisenmenger's syndrome who is seeking a legal help to allow doctors to sedate her with morphine until she is unconscious...
The British Attitudes Survey published today has found that 80% of people support voluntary euthanasia for 'a person with an incurable and painful illness,
In its report published today the Nuffield Council on Bioethics concludes that active steps to end the life of newborn babies should not be allowed...