“…However, it is only one small step beyond that to hint, encourage, or push a decaying relative to go for assisted suicide to avoid care home bills. The Bill is seriously flawed. As many have said, this is an extraordinary change to our law. It changes the general attitude to death and, indeed, to doctors.”
Record by topic
- Assisted dying294th of 3922.0
- Heart disease & stroke332nd of 4072.0
- Learning disability & autism758th of 9052.0
- Mental health759th of 8902.0
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