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England
"New assisted suicide guidelines to give 'clear advice' to relatives"
"Assisted suicide guidelines laid out by Director of Public Prosecutions"
Summary of UK assisted-suicide interim guidelines
"Sentenced to death on the NHS"
"The chilling truth about the city where they pay people to die"
"Baroness Warnock: Dementia sufferers may have a 'duty to die'"
Supporter of failed Joffe bill calls for euthanasia
without patient's consent
"Lords
block mercy killing bill" by Philippe Naughton (London Times,
5/12/06) Care not Killing, an alliance of organizations formed to promote palliative care and oppose euthanasia, maintains an up to date web site with the latest information about developments in the United Kingdom. (2/06) Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill. Lord Joffe's assisted suicide measure modeled on Oregon's assisted suicide law. Report published by House of Lords Select Committee on the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill. The Bill in Outline, Ethical Principles, Practical Issues, Overseas Experience, Public Opinion & Conclusions. (Vol. I) (pdf file, 168 pages) Evidence published by House of Lords Select Committee on the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill. Testimony from Oregon, the Netherlands and others in preparation for consideration of the bill proposed by Lord Joffe. (Vol. II) (pdf file, 744 pages)
British high court declares that
doctor,
not patient, must decide who receives food and water. "Dame Cicely Saunders: The mother of modern hospice care passes on." (Weekly Standard, 7/19/05)
"BMA drops its opposition to doctor-assisted suicide"
"The English
Patient"
"Better for old to kill themselves
than be a burden, says Warnock" (London Sunday Times 12/12/04)
Britain's leading medical ethics expert has suggested that the frail and
elderly should consider suicide to stop them becoming a burden on their
families or society. HAROLD SHIPMAN, England's "Dr.
Death" Full Text of Shipman Inquiry Report (7/02) Shipman
police "must take blame" (London Guardian, 7/21/02) Killer's
wife isolates herself from former friends and the truth (London Telegraph,
7/21/02) Inquiry
reveals Shipman psyche (London Independent, 7/20/02) Shipman killed 215 patients (BBC, 7/19/02) Background: Shipman
held pillow over face (BBC, 4/12/02) Police
rejected Shipman early warnings (BBC, 5/7/02) GP
blew whistle on Shipman (BBC, 5/8/02) |
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