Public fears GPs would encourage assisted dying to ease NHS pressures, poll finds
Survey reveals that most people support legalisation but believe it would fundamentally change the doctor-patient relationship
Survey reveals that most people support legalisation but believe it would fundamentally change the doctor-patient relationship
‘LD’ has been in a specialist hospital for more than two years after suffering severe brain damage
Antonya Cooper, 77, said authorities would have to act swiftly if they wanted to prosecute as she was suffering from cancer
Antonya Cooper tells BBC Radio Oxford that her son, Hamish, had asked her to ‘take the pain away’ before his death in 1981
PM indicates he will back a change in the law as long as safeguarding measures are put in place
The Netherlands was the first country to legalise assisted dying but critics are starting to worry about the consequences
Tracy Hickman, who was battling breast cancer, had called for British Government to bring in new assisted dying laws
Channel Island’s politicians in favour of plans to allow those with terminal illnesses to end their lives
Rebecca Wilcox said she should be able to accompany her mother to an assisted suicide clinic without having ‘to risk going to prison’
Alastair Hamilton, 47, died by lethal injection after telling parents he was visiting a friend in Paris
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The Silent Witness actress and campaigner argues that the legalisation of assisted dying will unfairly affect disabled people
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Kit Malthouse says people ‘do not understand why so many in this House can stand for the status quo when the status quo is appalling’
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Former first minister warns ‘dignity at end of life’ could become associated with ‘choosing to die’
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When we stop believing that life is sacred, we head down the utilitarian path to extinguishing the infirm
Nearly half of UK residents who used organisations like Dignitas suffered from neurological conditions
Parliament set to debate bill to give mentally competent people with life-threatening conditions the right to end their lives
The issue involves a clash between two of the most fundamental values of humanity, but in some cases it is morally justified
Douglas Ross has ‘concerns that legislation does not contain adequate safeguards to protect the vulnerable’