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Amour – an award winning film with a sting in the tail

  • Articles
Positive protrayals of euthanasia in cinema have a long history

First medics, now clerics: DiD’s latest attempt to corral organised support for euthanasia

  • Faith Opinion
Religious ‘leaders’ fail to detract from repeated pronouncements by national faith leaders

Royal College of General Practitioners to go neutral?

  • Medical Opinion
RCGP Council Chair Clare Gerada causes concern in advocating position shift

Liverpool Care Pathway: next steps

  • Articles
We look at what Care Minister Norman Lamb’s ‘far-reaching’ review could mean, and where it should lead.

Swiss study on pan-European attitudes: what do we learn?

  • Public opinion
Latest ‘findings’ do nothing to address ongoing flaws in polling

BBC Panorama findings will heighten calls for review of Tony Bland judgement

  • Articles
An uncommunicative, severely brain-injured patient has been able to give answers clinically relevant to their care

Defeat for pro-euthanasia lobby as Massachusetts rejects assisted suicide on ballot

  • Articles
The US state of Massachusetts voted 51-49 in a referendum last night to reject the legalisation of assisted suicide.

‘It prompts us to… shift our focus of care to symptom control, comfort and dignity.’

  • Personal stories
A doctor & cancer patient offers her assessment

Care Not Killing Alliance welcomes investigation into Liverpool Care Pathway

  • Press Releases
The Care Not Killing Alliance, representing over 40 organizations, has welcomed the investigation into the Liverpool Care Pathway announced by Health Minister Norman Lamb.

CNK Campaign Director discusses LCP use & abuse

  • Articles
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph this week, CNK Campaign Director Dr Peter Saunders has discussed the positive use of the Liverpool Care Pathway as a means of allowing thousands of people who are only hours or days away from death to benefit from the relief of symptoms such as pain, anxiety and nausea.

Speakers’ Corner Trust Debate: current laws protect, with ‘mercy and compassion’

  • Articles
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.

Ministers and MPs back Liverpool Care Pathway investigation

  • News
The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP), a framework used to manage the care of patients for whom death is imminent, has now come to the attention of government ministers and MPs.
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