Nearly 1700 doctors take a stand against assisted suicide

Nearly 1700 doctors take a stand against assisted suicide

Nearly 1700 doctors have written to Health Secretary Sajid Javid to oppose the legalisation of assisted suicide. The letter states that the refuse to take the lives of their patients, and for the sake of doctors and patients throughout the country ask that the law...
Assisted suicide is neither painless nor dignified

Assisted suicide is neither painless nor dignified

Dr Joel Zivot, an associate professor of anaesthesiology and surgery at the Emory School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, uses his medical expertise to discuss the reality of assisted suicide in his recent article in The Spectator. While proponents of assisted suicide...
Responding to the BMA vote on Assisted Suicide

Responding to the BMA vote on Assisted Suicide

Responding to the BMA vote on assisted suicide, Danny Kruger MP, chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Dying Well, said: “That even the most activist doctors group could not muster a majority for neutrality on assisted suicide shows just how unpopular it...
Assisted Suicide – is this really a role for doctors?

Assisted Suicide – is this really a role for doctors?

Sourced from: Living and Dying Well This autumn at its annual conference the British Medical Association will consider whether it should maintain its opposition to what is being called ‘assisted dying’, which in law is assisted suicide  The debate will take...