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Medical, faith and personal opinions towards euthanasia and physician assisted suicide
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Manx split on assisted suicide: doctors respond
Manx Duty of Care responds to the results of the Consultation on Assisted Dying.
Think tank report urges assisted suicide caution
The authors of "Physician-Assisted Suicide: Improving the Quality of the Debate" include a retired Supreme Court Justice, a former Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission a leading barrister
UN experts condemn euthanasia for disability
Special rapporteurs argue that legislative provisions for assisted suicide and euthanasia ‘tend to rest on - or draw strength from - ableist assumptions about the inherent “quality of life” or “worth’ of the life of a person with a disability.’
MP: 'Strict safeguards… little more than vague phrases'
'The time is well overdue for the assisted dying lobby to address these and other issues seriously, rather than to be wheeling out the same failed ideas over and again', Desmond Swayne writes.
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The Times, 2 November 2020
Not 'just another customer-supplier relationship'
Euthanasia in Belgium - a son's story
Assisted suicide law 'would make me feel a burden'
'So grateful there wasn't a change in the law'
Staffing main barrier to good EOLC
Senior judge: law prevents abuse
Kiwis speak: the threat to us
Many in the dark on end of life
Polling: a house of cards
RCP: backlash continues
MSPs refute assisted suicide call
Poll: public recognise PAS danger
Why RCP neutrality would matter
'How can I stay here?'
Supreme Court CANH ruling and me
Supreme Court on CANH: CNK media
'Suicidal': a throwaway word?
May 2018 media highlights
New poll, old problems
Autumn media comment
A granddaughter reflects
'Surprised to wake up'
'Categories of human life'
Dignified death? 82% say hospice
Oncologist on Victoria bill
Why 'no' to assisted suicide
'Assisted dying' - disabled views
On her husband's assisted suicide
Marris Bill: rally vox pops
MPs' speeches: personal stories
Still crazy after all these years
MND & hospice: did you know?
Parliamentary Lobby Day
MSP speaks up for disabled people
Harvie Bill: what others say
'...to see you out, nice'
Has medicine 'lost its way'?
PAS would undermine cancer fight
Death With Dignity?
Holyrood petition backed
'Let's be honest...
When the call comes
'The law protected me'
LIS sufferer graduates
Voices against 'assisted dying'
Living life to the full
'Reflections from the front'
Only 21% discuss end of life care
Celebrity mixed messaging
Call the Midwife
Saying 'no' to Margo
'The only humane approach'
Euthanasia: We can live without
Back to (med) school
Lords bill is a 'blank cheque'
Disabilities & 'assisted dying'
Stephen Hawking
Springbok hero dying from MND
Public policy meets... cricket
Police make arrests in Sussex
BMA affirms LCP
Assisted living, not dying
Dangerously seductive propaganda
BBC3's 'Way to Go': review
Comedian's 'Euthanasia Road Trip'
Lib Dem Peer clarifies debate
Record Oregon figures: a warning
GMC assisted suicide guidance
BBC airs assisted suicide comedy
CNK responds to NHS consultation
Belgian euthanasia out of control
Weaknesses of surveys, statistics
Warning to UK from Oregon
Two more good news stories
Son comments on 'locked in' Dad
Man did not want to die
Trust and Disagreements
Perils of progressive approach
Court ruling shows discrimination
legalisation leads to extension
A campaigner speaks
Euthanasia Doctors
Activists gearing up
BMJ commentary
Brain dead man stuns docs
Rises in Oregon and Switzerland
Account of Alison's story
Media and 'Assisted Dying'
DJ with locked in syndrome
Lessons from campaigner's death
Father surprises Doctor
Mum, I love you
A time to live
Dignitas figures overhyped
There are limits to choice
CNK media coverage
Lessons on assisted suicide
Reading between lines
Falconer report biased
Falconer's 'conclusions'
Dubious euthanasia reports
Review of case of M
The right to die, a desire to live
Irresponsible media reporting
Court Case of disabled man
Pressure on disabled people
Awards for suicide portrayal
CPS defends policy
BBC accused of being 'cheerleader for assisted suicide' after...
Allowing assisted suicide would 'pressurise disabled to kill themselves'
Dangers of 'copycat suicide'
I'm terminally ill...
BBC assisted suicide programme
BBC accused
CNK Press Release
I have a good life
Most locked-in patients 'happy'
The Commission on Assisted Dying
'Commission views already known'
Falconer Commission
Inglis loses appeal
Suicide law in UK
A Terrible Truth:
Paralysed woman: Don't give up
Richard Rudd says "I love you"
UK has highest 'quality of death'
Paralysed man blinks
The Resistance Campaign
Living and Dying
David Morris
CNK submission
CNK Briefing Paper
A welcome message for the weak
Assisted Suicide
Ray Gosling
BBC Broadcaster released on bail
Church of England leaders
Kay Gilderdale
Assisted Suicide
Warning over assisted suicide
Rugby Player writes book
CNK short response to DPP
CNK additional response to DPP
Doctors voice concern
AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN
Protecting the elderly
Excuse to kill the elderly?
Peers should protect Patients
The Times Online, 09 April 2009, Melanie Reid
Hannah Jones
Alison Davis
Nadia Kajouji
What the Purdy decision means
Risk of assisted suicide
Assisted suicide law sufficient
Terry Waite
Baroness Jane Campbell
A dangerous road to travel...
NMC issues warning
RCN's neutral stance
The end of life
Right to a "good death"?
Right-to-die teen changes mind
Dignitas accused of poor care
Clampdown on Dignitas
Abort the old too?
Don't fear death. Enjoy the setting sun.
Baroness Campbell: Believe me, I absolutely love my life
Imagine hearing doctors discuss whether to kill you. It...
How to stop euthanasia coming back again
'No' to Assisted Suicide
Lords Oppose Assisted Suicide
How Peers voted on the Falconer amendment
Falconer's amendment lacks 'strict safeguards'
Assisted suicide: Some answers for its fans
BMA Opposes Assisted Suicide
Coroners and Justice Bill - Brief by All Party...
Protecting Life - opposing Assisted Suicide (The Church of...
Don't Follow Oregon's Lead
Media Coverage 28 June - 2nd July 2009
Assisted Suicide?
Nadia's Law
Why assisted suicide has no place in the UK
Swiss suicides
Just how safe is safe?
Euthanasia must not be legalised
Disease pioneer's helium suicide
Suicide clinic challenged over patients who could have lived...
Why I am opposed to euthanasia after 14 years...
Radio Four Thought for the Day
RCN guidance on assisted dying
Assisted Suicide?
Assisted Dying
Have Your Say
Ban Dr Death Philip Nitschke from Britain
Nitschke's Euthanasia 'Test Kits'
Dignitas and Assisted Suicide
A Simple Act of kindness?
Doctors and Assisted Dying
Attitudes to Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS)
Suicide by starvation
Debbie Purdy judgment
RCN Consultation
Debbie Purdy
Interesting timings
Coroners and Justice Bill
PAS and Society
Will the new Coroners Bill resurrect the controversial secret...
Right-to-live
The 'right to die' is a fashionable nonsense
Michael Wenham
Mother arrested after death of sick daughter
Pitiless Planet Warnock
The right to die: Can there ever be such...
My daughter
Dear Noel
Liz Carr
Join the fight
No dignity
Wrong question
MATT HAMPSON
Expert speaks out
Superior care
Doctor says euthanasia would kill patient trust
Bishop says law should not be changed
Melanie Phillips speaks
Saying goodbye
Facts and figures
Right or Duty?
Doctors criticise Oregon
Commentary: 10 percent more reported cases of euthanasia in...
Nitschke 'hell-bent on assisted suicide'
Rudd explains why he opposes euthanasia
Internet providers urged to remove 'suicide gas' instructions
Video featuring first step of making euthanasia pill posted...
Bloc MP Francine Lalonde continues to fight to legalize...
Blog Postings by Alex Schadenberg
Ethics and Patient-Centred Care -- Making Tough Decisions Together:...
1st Annual Sue MacRae Lecture on Ethics and Patient-Centred...
Doctors speak out
Opinion polls
Right-to-die cards
Oregon still stands alone: Ten years of physician-assisted suicide
Renowned oncologist changes position on euthanasia after contracting cancer
What do GPs think?
Nurses Opposed to Euthanasia
BMA advises over losing capacity
French euthanasia debate
Radiologists oppose PAS
RCP unable to support Joffe Bill
Physicians' poll welcomed
BAOMS reject Joffe Bill
Church Leaders to Fight Euthanasia in Upcoming Lords Debate
Bishops to fight assisted dying
The Jewish tradition is firmly opposed to assisted dying
Doctors reject Joffe bill
Open Letter to Parliamentarians about Joffe Bill
Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill - Statement from...
Bishops in Britain on Offensive Against Euthanasia
Death is a poor answer to the challenges of...
Opinion polls and research: summary from House of Lords...
Massimo Rowse-De Franco
Major religions are strongly opposed to assisted dying
Comment on Public Opinion
Doctors oppose assisted suicide
The Church of England strongly opposes euthanasia
Statements from medical organisations and individuals.
RCGP oppose euthanasia
Peoples' Stories
Chief Rabbi Dr Sacks
Faith groups' statement
Death with Dignity - An open letter to MPs...
Open Letter to MPs and Peers about the BMA...
Doctors' views - extracts from the Select Committee Report
RCP Response to Patient (Assisted Dying) Bill 2003
Euthanasia - the erosion of trust?
RCP evidence
Doctors dying to solve debate
Euthanasia doctor broke the law
How a minority in the BMA got their way...
World Medical Association opposes Physician Assisted Suicide