Naomi Richards, Lecturer in Social Science (End of Life Studies) at the University of Glasgow considers the ethical dilemmas at the extremities of life after 104 year-old Australian scientist,...More
Assisted dying can be a divisive and polarising subject. But there is one aspect on which most people probably agree – the need to improve the conversations people have about death., writes Paul...More
High Court to hear Noel Conway’s claim that 1961 Suicide Act breaches his human right to a ‘dignified death’. More
In May 2003 Lesley Close accompanied her brother, who had advanced Motor Neurone Disease, to Switzerland where he chose an assisted death with the help of Dignitas. Here she relates her experience...More
Assisted dying. Paul Hensby argues that people living with terminal illness must have a choice over their end of life care and also the legal right, if required, to an assisted death. More
Should we have the right to make the decision on assisted dying when the time comes? More
