Assisted dying
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House of Lords debate evenly split over assisted dying legislation
18 Jul 2014:Assisted dying bill would allow doctors to prescribe lethal dose to terminally ill patients judged to have less than six months to live
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Observer policy editor Anushka Asthana brings together five of the most outspoken figures in the controversial debate around assisted deaths
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20 Aug 2014: Of 611 people who travelled to country between 2008-2012 to end life, 126 were from UK, second only to Germany, finds study -
6 Aug 2014: Euthanasia campaigner makes rare bid to have medical registration suspension appeal shifted from South Australia
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1 Aug 2014:
Family of euthanasia advocate Max Bromson, who died on Monday morning, also have devices taken
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24 Jul 2014: Rodney Syme: Nitschke does not represent the mainstream of voluntary assisted dying societies in Australia. Most euthanasia advocates want careful law reform
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23 Jul 2014: Medical Board of Australia suspends physician nicknamed 'Doctor Death' after ABC report that alleged he counselled a Perth man, who was not terminally ill, to take his own life
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20 Jul 2014:
Letters: Terry Pratchett has said that, if he knew he could go when he wanted to, he might be willing to put up with things a great deal longer
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18 Jul 2014:
Assisted dying bill would allow doctors to prescribe lethal dose to terminally ill patients judged to have less than six months to live
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18 Jul 2014: Giles Fraser: Loose canon: If I ever got so low as to be close to suicide, I don't want anyone respecting my choice. I want them to try and bully me out of it
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18 Jul 2014:
The assisted dying bill, introduced by former Labour cabinet minister Lord Falconer, gets its first significant debate in the House of Lords
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18 Jul 2014: We take a look at the rates in the places where assisted dying is legal as the issue is debated in the House of Lords
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18 Jul 2014: Andrew Brown: By opposing assisted dying, religious leaders are for once trying to protect the individual against family values and the good of society
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17 Jul 2014:
John Inge, bishop of Worcester, says his wife's death from cancer made him understand 'chilling implications' of bill
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17 Jul 2014: John Inge: Lord Carey is wrong. Had assisted dying been legal, we would have lost those last few precious months together
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17 Jul 2014: As the assisted dying bill goes to the Lords, doctors explain how most wish for palliative care, friendship and dignity at the end
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17 Jul 2014:
Letters: It is inhumane not to give terminally ill people – which one day could be any of us – the choice
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