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

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

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.’

A doctor & cancer patient offers her assessment

Care Not Killing Alliance welcomes investigation into Liverpool Care Pathway

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

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’

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

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.

Ten years of assisted suicide at Dignitas – another excuse for an international news story

Ten years of assisted suicide at Dignitas – an excuse for another news story

Palliative Medicine specialists to investigate Liverpool Care Pathway

The Association of Palliative Medicine will carry out research into the Liverpool Care Pathway

Consensus Statement on Liverpool Care Pathway

A consensus statement has been signed on the Liverpool Care Pathway.

Huge opposition to assisted suicide in Massachusetts from doctors and disabled people in lead up to ballot

The US state of Massachusetts is to hold a referendum on the legalisation of assisted suicide next month.

Swiss study shows psychological distress of assisted suicide helpers

A study has shown that a quarter of people who help someone to commit assisted suicide suffer distress

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