Essay: Risks of legalising assisted suicide
A) Wrong diagnosis Sadly, serious mistakes in diagnosis are not uncommon, even in specialist centres. The last few years haveContinue Reading
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Essay: Medical issues in the care of the dying person
It’s all very well to argue that assisting suicide is not the best way to help dying people, but whatContinue Reading
Essay: Euthanasia and assisted suicide – underlying social forces
Campaigners in favour of assisted suicide sometimes seem to live in an alternative reality. It’s a world in which rationalContinue Reading
Essay: Euthanasia and assisted suicide – the UK experience
Discussions about whether euthanasia should be legalised in the UK start in the 1870s. Details of the history from theContinue Reading
Essay: Euthanasia and assisted suicide – the argument from compassion
The fashion designer Jasper Conran, quoted on the Dignity in Dying website said: “It seems extraordinary to me that asContinue Reading