James Mumford author of “Vexed: Ethics Beyond Political Tribes”, says “Don’t let the assisted-suicide lobby hijack the debate…The palliative care community has a radically different idea of dignity to the one propagated by the assisted suicide lobby.”

James Mumford author of “Vexed: Ethics Beyond Political Tribes”, says “Don’t let the assisted-suicide lobby hijack the debate…The palliative care community has a radically different idea of dignity to the one propagated by the assisted suicide lobby.”

The assisted-suicide debate begins with a contest over language, a war over a word. That word is ‘dignity.’ The Swiss assisted suicide clinic, where every eight days one Briton travels to die, is called Dignitas. In 2006, the Voluntary Euthanasia Society changed its...

“Our existing end-of-life laws and customs already work well. There is no space for assisted suicide, the introduction of which would risk soon being interpreted as a duty to die to relieve emotional burdens on others.” – Lib Dem Peer

“Our existing end-of-life laws and customs already work well. There is no space for assisted suicide, the introduction of which would risk soon being interpreted as a duty to die to relieve emotional burdens on others.” – Lib Dem Peer

Daily Telegraph Assisted dying would loom over end-of-life careSIR – Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (“Why I remain firmly against assisted dying”, Comment, October 4) articulates well the difficulties involved in finding the best way of looking after a loved one...

Reasons For Opposing Euthanasia in Britain.

Reasons For Opposing Euthanasia in Britain.

In a letter to The Daily Telegraph, Palliative Care Doctors Set Out Their Reasons For Opposing The Introduction of Assisted Suicide or Euthanasia in Britain Palliative care doctors against assisted dying sir – As the palliative care consultants of the next generation...

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For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.

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Forget Me Not – – The United Kingdom All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea stands in solidarity with the Government of Korea in remembering the South Korean abductees, detained, and prisoners of war in North Korean gulags. Letter from Minister Kim Jung HO, Unification Minister, Seoul.

Lord (David) Alton, Fiona Bruce MP, Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP (chairs and former Chair of APPG on North Korea) Lord (Sonny) Leong - Vice Chair with Catherine West MP, APPG on North Korea Forget-Me-Not Please Remember Me The United Kingdom All-Party Parliamentary...

Parliamentary Reply: 12,401,593 prescriptions for mirtazapine were issued last year – and reports of particular adverse effects. Letter from Minister (Lord) Nick Markham addressing concerns about “post-SSRI sexual dysfunction.”

Lord Markham, the Department of Health and Social Care, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3163): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government how many prescriptions for mirtazapine were issued in each...