End of Life

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Legalising assisted suicide: why now?

The papers are reporting that Sir Keir Starmer supports fast-tracking a bill to make a seismic change…
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Speak kindly – your comatose patient may be listening

At least ‘one quarter of people with brain injuries who seem unresponsive can hear things going on…
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Assisted suicide: am I my neighbour’s keeper?

This week the Isle of Man’s lower house voted through the third reading of their Assisted Dying Bill.…
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McArthur ‘Assisted Dying’ Bill announced

On 29 March 2024, Liam McArthur, MSP, announced his ‘Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland)…
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A confluence of evils

There are times when you see a confluence of evils merging from afar, but they merge so slowly that most…
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Moral flip-flopping over doctors and the death penalty

I have long argued that ethicists who advocate euthanasia while at the same time being opposed to capital…
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Canada’s home MAiD disaster?

My first recollection of the impact legalised euthanasia and assisted suicide would have – for that…
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Acting with a clear conscience? WMA, GMC, BMA, and moral injury

Having reasonable freedom to act in accordance with our conscience is something that Christian healthcarers…
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Brain death, resurrection, and Archie Battersbee

Since June, when I last wrote about the deeply distressing case of Archie Battersbee, his ventilator…
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The tragedy of Archie Battersbee

Mrs Justice Arbuthnot's judgement earlier this month on the tragic case of Archie Battersbee is sobering…

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