British Medical Association goes neutral on ‘assisted dying’
The British Medical Association, the lead group for doctors in the United Kingdom, no longer opposes euthanasia and assisted suicide. After a vote at its...
Danish ethicist opposes euthanasia in BMJ
A former chair of the Danish Council of Ethics has published a broadside on legalised euthanasia in The BMJ. Ole Hartling, a doctor, author and...
Assisted suicide makes good economic sense, argue Scottish academics
A new study in the journal Clinical Ethics claims that permitting assisted dying would substantially benefit both those seeking assisted suicide and the public. Two...
On a mission from FEN: assisted dying outside the law
A common argument for the legalisation of assisted suicide is that it will stop people from helping spouses, relatives and friends to die illegally. It...
Euthanasia is a ‘sideshow’ in end-of-life care, says leading US bioethicist
The Medical Journal of Australia has just published a commissioned paper on euthanasia and assisted suicide by one of America’s leading bioethicists, Dr Ezekiel Emanuel. Emanuel is...
Former Anglican head backs assisted suicide
A “profoundly Christian and moral thing”, according to Lord Carey. The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, has appeared in a video made by the...