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Canadian health expert warns Scottish politicians against assisted suicideA Canadian expert medic has warned Scottish parliamentarians about doctor-assisted suicide, citing its "horrific" effects in her home country.
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Most palliative docs in Scotland would refuse to participate in assisted suicidesThe vast majority of palliative doctors in Scotland would refuse to take part in assisted suicides if the law changes, a survey of medics shows.
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Kirk warns against assisted suicide law
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Canadian Government delays Euthanasia expansion for mental illnessThe Federal Government in Canada has admitted it needs more time before expanding Canada’s highly controversial medical assistance in dying (MAID) policy to include mentally ill people.
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Assisted suicide 'Groundhog Day' as parliamentary inquiry announced
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Tragic story highlights need for more palliative careTracey Bennett struggled to access night-time care for her dying father and has told the BBC that he ‘shouldn’t have been expected to die in office hours.”
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Assisted Suicide plans revealed at Toronto’s sick kids’ hospitalDoctors from Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children have published their policies and procedures for administering medically assisted suicide to children, including scenarios where the parents would not be told until after the…
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Palliative care expert issues warning about Jersey assisted suicide proposalsAn expert in palliative medicine has warned Jersey officials not to allow doctor-assisted suicide on the island as the practice would place the most vulnerable at risk.
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Scottish assisted suicide plans a threat to the most marginalised, campaigners sayPlans to legalise doctor-assisted suicide in Scotland would open the door to abuses affecting the most marginalised, campaigners say.
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Assisted suicide undermines suicide prevention, study showsThe introduction of euthanasia or assisted suicide undermines suicide prevention, according to a new paper.
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Laws governing assisted suicide must be upheld in UK, Welsh police sayWelsh police officers have defended their decision to investigate a woman who helped a stranger travel and access assisted suicide overseas, saying criminal laws must be upheld.
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MSP behind Scottish assisted suicide bill urged to back 'death pods'A former doctor and scientist known as "Dr Death" has written to the politician behind assisted suicide plans at the Scottish Parliament and urged him to utilise his "death pod" invention.
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