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UK Royal College of Physicians (RCP) dropped opposition to assisted dying
Mar 21, 2019
On March 21, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) dropped its longstanding opposition to assisted dying. Now it has taken a neutral stance on this topic. With this stance, the organisation now represents its members' views. More than a month ago, a poll of the British campaign group Dignity in Dying, showed that most British GPs think that
Baroness Warnock, campaigner for assisted dying, passed away
Mar 21, 2019
Baroness Warnock (Mary) died on March 20, 2019, at the age of 94. Warnock was philosopher and politician and passionate advocate for assisted dying. The Times of London placed an obituary for her.
After the death of her husband in 1995, she admitted that he had been helped to die. He was suffering from a rare lung disease, and a GP gave him a peaceful and dignified death by increasing his morphine dose, ending his life two weeks before he would have died.
Danish physician Svend Lings sentenced to prison for assisted suicide
Mar 18, 2019
Already in January of this year, the former Chief Physician at Odense University Hospital, Svend Lings, has been sentenced to 60 days conditionally in prison for having participated in assisted dying. This sentence was given by the Eastern High Court, in reaction to the appeal of Lings against the judgment of the district court to give him 40 days conditional imprisonment.
Dutch documentary about a Dignified Death in a situation of mental suffering
Mar 16, 2019
During the Socially Relevant Film Festival New York (15 - 21 March 2019), A DIGNIFIED DEATH (a film by Jesse van Venrooij, Netherlands) will have its North American Premiere. The screening will take place on 20 March, 9 PM at the Cinema Village, 22 East 12th street New York, 10003. Tickets via the schedule of the Festival, by clicking her. Both cineast and doctor that applied
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