Nov 3, 2021
A study conducted by a group of physicians in Canada reveals the detrimental impact that the legalisation of assisted suicide has on palliative care. In their 2020 qualitative study, Matthews and Colleagues interviewed palliative care physicians and nurses who...
Nov 1, 2021
In cases of assisted suicide, do patients really have rational autonomy? In their recent article in The Psychiatric Times, Psychiatrists Dr. Ronald Pies and Dr. Cynthia Geppert challenge the commonly-held belief that patients who request assisted suicide are acting...
Oct 26, 2021
Dr. Carol Davis, a palliative care consultant and senior lecturer at the University of Southampton, writes of the dangerous implications of legalising assisted suicide in Unheard. Dr. Davis reveals that the legalisation of assisted suicide has been detrimental to...
Oct 26, 2021
This week, several palliative medicine doctors and academics have written to The Times of their concern regarding the Meacher Bill and its aim to legalise assisted suicide. Signatories include Dr Carol Davis, a consultant in palliative medicine at University Hospital...
Oct 22, 2021
The Assisted Dying Bill proceeded from its Second Reading in the House of Lords today – in spite of over 60 Peers speaking to oppose the Bill – as is convention. It is the accepted custom of the House of Lords for Bills to move to Committee Stage without a...
Oct 20, 2021
In an open letter to the House of Lords, Dr. Paul Saba, a Canadian family physician writes, “As the United Kingdom House of Lords debates the legalization of assisted dying, as a family physician from Montreal, Canada, I want to warn the British not to go down...
