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RCP consultation: key takeaways

Articles
29 April, 2019

According to a specialty by specialty breakdown, the closer respondents to this year’s Royal College of Physicians’ consultation were to the care of dying people, the more likely they were to be opposed to assisted suicide

RCP: backlash continues

Letters
25 April, 2019

Members and fellows publish open letter concerning problems with the RCP’s abandonment of opposition to assisted suicide, following resignations from the RCP’s own ‘ignored’ ethics committee

Polling: a house of cards

Public opinion
24 April, 2019

Yet another opinion poll is unveiled on assisted suicide – riddled, once again, with euphemisms and suppositions

Holyrood motion laid against assisted suicide

Official documents
8 April, 2019

MSPs note concerns ‘that it would be impossible to put adequate safeguards in place, and… that the abuse of vulnerable people would probably take place’

MSPs refute assisted suicide call

Letters
8 April, 2019

MSPs from the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Scottish National Parties come together to reject assisted suicide as a response to the needs of the people of Scotland

RCP adopts least favoured stance

Press Releases
21 March, 2019

‘Royal College of Physicians should ditch neutral position as doctors once again oppose assisted suicide, says Care Not Killing’

New era as CNK appoints first CEO

Articles
7 March, 2019

Dr Gordon Macdonald brings extensive experience of campaigning in the Scottish Parliament to a role created following the departure of Dr Peter Saunders

“Assisted dying” ‘inhumane’

Articles
7 March, 2019

Expert report on complications in assisted suicide and euthanasia suggests that a relatively high incidence of vomiting, prolongation of death and reawakening from coma could render such deaths ‘inhumane’

Oregon 2018: new highs (new lows)

Articles
4 March, 2019

Assisted suicide numbers continue to rise in Oregon, with over half* citing fear of being a burden as a reason for ending their lives, as lawmakers consider widening eligibility

Poll: public recognise PAS danger

Press Releases
14 February, 2019

Physician-assisted suicide would ‘fundamentally change’ doctor-patient relationship, new poll finds

Why the Royal College of Physicians will go ‘neutral’ on assisted suicide and why that matters

Articles
7 February, 2019

Philippa Taylor considers the implications of the Royal College of Physicians’ assisted suicide consultation

‘How can I stay here? I am a doctor and yet I can’t guarantee the safety of my most vulnerable patients.’

Personal stories
28 January, 2019

An extensive consideration of euthanasia in Belgium and the Netherlands tells of a doctor who couldn’t save her patient – from another doctor

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