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CNK Campaign Director asserts that 'our current law... combines strong deterrence [against abuse] with discretion, mercy and compassion' in a Speakers' Corner Trust debate on assisted suicide with Dignity in Dying's Sarah Wootton.
Ten years of assisted suicide at Dignitas - an excuse for another news story
The Association of Palliative Medicine will carry out research into the Liverpool Care Pathway
A consensus statement has been signed on the Liverpool Care Pathway.
The US state of Massachusetts is to hold a referendum on the legalisation of assisted suicide next month.
A study has shown that a quarter of people who help someone to commit assisted suicide suffer distress
The Swiss Parliament voted against a bid to toughen controls on assisted suicide
Official euthanasia deaths are rising year by year in the Netherlands
Warning to UK - Oregon Health Plan steers patients towards suicide
Major split in LibCon Coalition on issue of assisted suicide
Liberal Democrats back Dutch style legislation which would lead to 13,000 British euthanasia deaths annually
More than seven out of ten MPs refuse to back calls to legalise assisted suicide, according to a new poll.
The Care Not Killing Alliance have written to Channel 4 over questions of breaching national and international guidelines on suicide portrayal and Ofcom rules on impartiality.
The BMA has just elected a new deputy chairman
The Government has promised to pump £1.5 million into research exploring how to prevent suicides among those most at risk of taking their own lives.
Norman Lamb took the opportunity on the Today programme to promote his views on assisted suicide
David Foster comments on the ruling of the Nicklinson and Martin case