High Court does not have capacity to preside over assisted dying bill, warns retired judge
The bill, in its current form, says an eligible patient must have the approval of two independent doctors and the High Court.
Safeguard on assisted dying law requiring a judge to approve case could be dropped amid warnings courts would be 'swamped'
Bill are said to be looking at whether the approval for someone to end their own life could be made instead by a  panel of ...
Should terminally ill be allowed to choose death? NH medical aid in dying bill back 2025
“He was in constant and often severe pain. His world was now confined to the room where he lay in the hospital bed,” she said of her brother. “At this point, having the legal right to use medical aid ...
Just one House Democrat votes for the protection for abortion survivors
Only one Democrat, Rep. Henry Cuellar, voted for a measure that would require care for children who survive an abortion ...
Assisted dying: Ex-judge says coercion ‘extraordinarily difficult to detect’
While agreeing with the principle of assisted dying, Lord Sumption has been critical of the Bill before Parliament.
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Disability Rights UK and Eat Breath Thrive give crucial evidence to Assisted Dying Committee
Fazilet Hadi from Disability Rights UK and Eat Breathe Thrive’s Chelsea Roff gave evidence against the Assisted Dying Bill at ...
Integrating palliative and dementia care can cut emergency visits and hospitalizations in half
IN-PEACE, which provides palliative care integrated with state-of-the-art dementia care to patients with dementia and their ...
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Palliative Care May Improve Quality of Life in Esophageal Cancer
Palliative care consultations helped patients with esophageal cancer at end-of-life experience better quality of life and ...
Terminally ill could choose assisted dying over inadequate palliative care, admits nursing chief
MPs scrutinising a plan to legalise assisted dying are set to hear evidence from England’s chief medical officer Professor ...
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JAMA study integrates palliative and dementia care for patients and caregivers
IN-PEACE, which provides palliative care integrated with state-of-the-art dementia care to patients with dementia and their caregivers, cut in half the number of emergency department visits and ...