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Voluntary euthanasia: the Council's view
 — approved by Council on 17th July 1997
Corporate AuthorWorking Party on Ethics, National Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care Services
PublisherNational Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care ..., London, 1997
Pagesunnumbered
SourceNational Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care Services, Heron House, 322 High Holborn, London WC1V 7PW.
KeywordsEuthanasia ; Terminal care ; Social ethics.
AnnotationThis document endorses and elaborates on some conclusions reached by the House of Lords Select Committee on Medical Ethics in their report in 1994. The National Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care Services reaffirms that the intention of good palliative care for dying patients is to relieve their physical, emotional, social and spiritual suffering in the context of respect for their individuality, and without intent to shorten life. The Council believes that there is no place for the direct killing of patients at their own request.
Accession NumberCPA-980127225 B
ClassmarkCY: LV: TQ *

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