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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) […]

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A good day to bury bad news? New CANH guidance released by BMA

December 13, 2018 Written by End of Life

When Jo Moore infamously sent a memo saying in effect that 11 September 2001 was a good day to bury bad news, she inadvertently lifted the veil on a time honoured practice of releasing news and reports in the midst of major national or world […]

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Reflections on the BMA’s vote to ‘decriminalise’ abortion – ten key observations

July 5, 2017 Written by Medical Practice , Start of Life

Last week delegates at the BMA annual representative meeting (ARM) voted to support the decriminalisation of abortion. You can listen to the whole debate here and five brilliant two-minute speeches against the motion here. Two previous blog posts give the background in more detail here […]