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Celebrity mixed messaging

Articles
14 May, 2014

Richard & Judy’s euthanasia pact comments are ill-informed, misjudged – and tellingly inconsistent

Only 21% discuss end of life care

Articles
14 May, 2014

Death was always one of the great taboos of British conversation – and it seems that not much has changed, according to recent Dying Matters research.

Margo MacDonald has died

Press Releases
4 April, 2014

PM against assisted suicide

Articles
31 March, 2014

David Cameron’s reaffirmed opposition to assisted suicide is in keeping with other party leaders’ comments over recent years

Palliative Care Congress

Events Reports
20 March, 2014

Those who care for dying people every day of their working lives tell us: we don’t back assisted suicide – we can do better for our patients

Doctors & prosecution guidelines

Articles
11 March, 2014

BMA past president tells the House of Lords that claims that prosecutorial guidelines ‘inhibit’ doctors are ‘unfounded’

Lords consider DPP’s guidelines

Articles
11 March, 2014

Four years after the then Director of Public Prosecutions published his criteria for prosecuting in instances of assisted suicide, Peers last week locked horns over the merits and demerits of the guidelines.

Call the Midwife

Articles
11 March, 2014

The BBC’s popular Sunday night drama offers an alternative view of ‘a good death’

RCGP rejects assisted suicide

Press Releases
21 February, 2014

The RCGP maintains its strong opposition to any change in the law to allow ‘assisted dying’ following ‘one of the most comprehensive consultations the College has ever undertaken’

Council of Europe

Articles
6 February, 2014

Child euthanasia in Belgium has been denounced at the Council’s Parliamentary Assembly – ‘the democratic conscience of Greater Europe’

Saying ‘no’ to Margo

Articles
3 February, 2014

A catalogue of reasons why Margo MacDonald’s Assisted Suicide Bill should be rejected

‘New Poll Shows Drop In Support For Euthanasia’

Press Releases
30 January, 2014

A new poll published in Scotland in relation to Margo MacDonald MSP’s Assisted Suicide Bill points to a downward shift in support for such measures.

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