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A fitting end
— [assisted suicide] | | Author(s) | Jennifer Taylor |
| Journal title | Health Service Journal, no 6154, 30 April 2009 |
| Pages | pp 22-24 |
| Source | www.hsj.co.uk |
| Keywords | Euthanasia ; Attitude. |
| Annotation | Surveys suggest that most people in the UK support legalising assisted suicide. However, doctors in the UK appear more reluctant to assist death than in many other countries. The author of this article considers whether current law on assisted suicide could be changed. Patricia Hewitt, a former Secretary of State for Health tabled an amendment to the Coroners and Justice Bill currently going through Parliament; and while the amendment was not debated in the House of Commons, the issue will be raised in the House of Lords. This article covers the differing perspectives offered by Dignity in Dying, the Association for Palliative Medicine, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), and the Multiple Sclerosis Society. It also outlines a few examples of assisted suicide. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090507202 A |
| Classmark | CY: DP * |
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