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Facing coronavirus (COVID-19): the practicalities of critical illness and the reality of our mortality

April 3, 2020 Written by Christianity , End of Life , Medical Practice

Introduction In a manner not seen in the United Kingdom since World War Two, the COVID-19 crisis has brought death and dying – society’s greatest taboo – to centre stage. Whether we would like to admit it or not, even as Christians, we find this […]

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The ethics of emergencies must not become policy for peacetime

April 2, 2020 Written by End of Life , Humanity , Medical Practice

One of the questions proponents of abortion like to pose to their opponents runs like this: If you were in a hospital that was burning down, would you save a tray full of frozen embryos or a single child? This is supposed to prove that […]

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Denying conscience – the Canadian experiment

March 31, 2020 Written by End of Life

Recent reports from Canada reveal a worrying trend of doctors being pressurised and bullied into participating in Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD, the Canadian euthanasia programme). This is not only a worrying development in itself but one that follows almost inevitably from the steady erosion […]

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RCGP remains opposed to assisted suicide and euthanasia

February 28, 2020 Written by End of Life , Medical Practice

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) announced last Friday [21 February] that it ‘will continue to oppose a change in the law on assisted dying, following a consultation of its members’. (Assisted dying is a blanket term that covers assisted suicide, physician-assisted suicide, voluntary […]

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Conflicted, but not neutral

November 4, 2019 Written by End of Life

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) moved its public stance on assisted suicide from opposition to neutrality in March 2019. Last weekend the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) launched a poll of its members, and over the coming months, the British Medical Association (BMA) […]