Where supposedly strictly defined assisted suicide laws are based on six month prognoses, we are every year reminded that these are arbitrary and (sometimes startlingly) unreliable
Lord Walton of Detchant, the eminent neurologist who died last month, penned a Select Committee report concerning euthanasia still referred to as the 'gold standard' today
An oncologist asked about euthanasia once in 15 years questions the 'voluntary' nature of legalised euthanasia, and challenges those who write off end of life suffering as simply a limitation of medicine
Around a dozen former healthcare professionals now sitting as MPs participated in the Marris Bill debate, with a number of speeches based on professional experience proving key
Senior Oregon doctor says that 'assisted suicide has been detrimental to patients, degraded the quality of medical care, and compromised the integrity of the medical profession'.
'The holistic nature of our care, the presence, the confidence to bear witness to all suffering is what underpins hospice care. To introduce 'death on demand' as an option seems to be a tragic and unnecessary development'
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
Scottish doctors with '...tens of thousands of patient-years experience in the care of people with advanced and incurable illnesses' explain their opposition to the Harvie Bill
'It gives far too much power and not nearly enough accountability to doctors who are not really in a position to make the judgment that the bill requires', CNK's Campaign Director tells MSPs
