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RCP adopts least favoured stance

‘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

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’

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)

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

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

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.’

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

Assisted suicide, the Royal College of Physicians and the myth of neutrality

CNK Board member and former palliative care nurse Steve Fouch reflects on why a move to neutrality on assisted suicide by the Royal College of Physicians would be a grave error

Press release: RCP announces consultation

Care Not Killing responds to the news that the Royal College of Physicians plans to poll its members on assisted suicide

Press Release: BMA CANH guidance

Care Not Killing responds to dangerous new guidance that weakens safeguards for brain-damaged patients, including those with stroke and dementia

Review: Louis Theroux’s ‘Choosing Death’

The second instalment in Theroux’s new series for the BBC, ‘Altered States’, is an interesting contribution to the debate on euthanasia and assisted suicide – but predictably was badly timed and badly formed

Hiring: Care Not Killing seeks new CEO

Could you be the person Care Not Killing needs to sustain and develop our work?

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