Professor Sam Ahmedzai: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Emeritus Professor of Supportive and Palliative Medicine at The University of Sheffield
- Quoted on
- Assisted dying, Palliative & end of life care
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
“there will be mistakes and casualties if the Bill passes”
What Professor Sam Ahmedzai has said
“'Places I have worked around the world and the colleagues I am in touch with have shown me that it is perfectly capable for assisted dying to come alongside [palliative care], and then become incorporated.'”
Emeritus Professor of Supportive and Palliative Medicine at The University of Sheffield · Palliative & end of life care · 30 Sept 2026 · Assisted dying option ‘great comfort’ to terminally ill – palliative care expert ↗
Where Professor Sam Ahmedzai has been quoted
- Assisted suicide is a national tragedy in the makingthecritic.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Assisted dying option ‘great comfort’ to terminally ill – palliative care experthumanists.uk · 30 Sept 2026
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily citing them directly.
- “No one has ever told me they want to die in hospital. We must give people a real alternative”Marie Curie
- Devon nurse challenges belief that palliative care means giving up hopeExmouth Journal
- Voluntary euthanasia: will it be a fickle majorityThe Malta Independent Online
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