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New suicide strategy is welcome but needs to address more effectively the phenomenon of media-induced suicide contagion

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.

If Norman Lamb is really serious about suicide prevention he should stop using the media to promote assisted suicide

Norman Lamb took the opportunity on the Today programme to promote his views on assisted suicide

Pleas to change law in locked-in syndrome cases rejected: ‘dispassionate court’ gets it right- compassionately

'dispassionate court' gets it right- compassionately

Judges say Parliament must decide on any change to the prohibition on euthanasia and assisted suicide

David Foster comments on the ruling of the Nicklinson and Martin case

Why should we trust the pro-euthanasia lobby if they can’t even agree amongst themselves about what they want?

The euthanasia lobby has become more and more modest in their language yet at the same time they are so divided in agendas we do not know what they actually want

Lancet Study proves significant growth in euthanasia deaths in the Netherlands

An analysis of the Lancet review of euthanasia deaths in the Netherlands by Alex Schadenberg

Canadian Federal government will appeal assisted-suicide ruling says justice minister

The Canadian Federal government will appeal an assisted suicide ruling from the British Columbia supreme court

People with severe dementia should be starved and dehydrated to death to save money says BMJ editorial

An article in the British Medical Journal argues that people with severe dementia should be starved and dehydrated to death to save money

Europe and Euthanasia: The perils of following a progressive approach

David Fieldsend comments on the history of euthanasia in Europe

Dutch doctors turn to ‘continuous deep sedation’ to keep official euthanasia figures low

The Lancet has published an article claiming that euthanasia rates have not increased in the Netherlands since legislation in 2002

Court ruling on assisted suicide reflects discriminatory attitudes to disabled people

This article was prompted by the recent court ruling in British Columbia to declare Canada's law against assisted suicide unconstitutional

BMA corrects Lord Falconer’ s misrepresentation of its position on ‘assisted dying’

Lord Falconer falsely claims that the British Medical Association has adopted a neutral position on assisted suicide.

Why legalising assisted suicide for anyone at all will inevitably lead to incremental extension

Pro-euthanasia activists always assert that their proposals are modest and have 'robust safeguards.'

Is the NHS really killing 130,000 patients a year with the Liverpool Care Pathway?

Looking at the Liverpool Care Pathway

The legalisation of assisted suicide – don’t be fooled, it is primarily about money

The Sunday Times states that Lord Falconer has a new bill on assisted suicide

BMA ethics debate – great result on euthanasia

The ethics committee of the British Medical Association debated a motion on euthanasia that was defeated.

Why the BMA should not go neutral on assisted suicide and euthanasia

The British Medical Association will vote on a motion to go neutral on assisted suicide and euthanasia

Tony Nicklinson’s case is tragic but there are limits to choice in a free society

Tony Nicklinson is 58. He is seeking permission for a doctor to actively end his life.
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