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Tag: Dementia

‘For me personally, I am just so grateful that there wasn’t a change in the law’

CNK Board member Nola Leach speaks on Radio 4 about her husband's death after three years living with 'brutal' Alzheimer's

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

‘…to see you out, nice’

Bruce Forsyth's recent pronouncements on assisted suicide for dementia patients are seriously misguided

Palliative care reality floodlit

New research highlights significant diagnosis-based disparity in provision. 111,000 in the UK who would benefit have no access, but the vast majority who do receive care report good standards and - would-be MPs, take note - increasing access could save the NHS tens of millions.

MPs report on end of life care

The Commons Health Select Committee report on end of life care was welcomed - cautiously

Going Dutch?

A study published in the Journal of Medical Ethics suggests that a third of Dutch doctors would assist a patient's suicide in cases of mental illness or dementia, and a fifth would where there was 'tiredness of life' but no physical condition

Harvie Bill: scope

'The committee needs to consider whether, as a society, we want to send out the message that some people's lives are not worth living because of the quality of life that they perceive themselves to have', CNK Scotland's Gordon Macdonald tells MSPs

Welsh Assembly rejects Falconer

A motion in support of the Falconer Bill has been rejected by AMs, whose constituents would be covered by the Bill

Poll exposes ‘chilling’ attitude

Peers urged to ditch dangerous assisted suicide bill, as new polling shows that one in ten Britons would favour rewarding older people for ending their lives.

Dutch euthanasia deaths up 15%

Euthanasia deaths in the Netherlands continue their relentless rise, newly published official figures confirm

A warning from the Netherlands

For nine years a member of a Dutch Regional Review Committee, Prof Theo Boer's experience of legalised euthanasia and assisted suicide saw him go from being a supporter of such legislation to concluding: 'we were wrong - terribly wrong, in fact'.

‘Assisted dying’ & public opinion

Public support for Falconer's 'Assisted Dying' Bill drops dramatically to just 43% when arguments against are heard

Charity chiefs denounce bill

The CEOs of four major charities representing elderly and disabled people have written to all members of the House of Lords to oppose Lord Falconer's Assisted Dying Bill.

Assisted suicide and dementia

Assumptions about dementia could have major implications for proposed legislation to allow assisted suicide in the UK

Belgian child euthanasia vote

Belgian Senate will vote on bill to extend euthanasia to children with disabilities on 26 November

Dutch euthanasia up 13% in 2012

Euthanasia deaths continue their relentless rise in the Netherlands

Police make arrests in Sussex

Chichester case should serve as a reminder of why assisted suicide is against the law

Escalation of child euthanasia

In this last week both Belgium and the Netherlands have taken further major steps regarding euthanasia for children.
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