Alistair Thompson, from Care Not Killing responds by saying: This is another deeply depressing and misguided set of comments from two much-loved celebrities, who should know better. These headline-grabbing comments go against the advice of organisations like the World Health Organisation which says that discussions about suicide and assisted suicide need to be handled very carefully to prevent taking your own life or helping someone to die appear normal. Changing the law so you can kill a loved one, or be killed would put many vulnerable people at risk who might be pressured into ending their life, because they might feel that they had become either a care or financial burden. Before making similar comments I hope that Richard and Judy might investigate more thoroughly the amazing quality of palliative care we have in this country and visit one or more of the UKs outstanding hospices. How we maintain both with an ageing population and in times of austerity is what we desperately need to discuss.
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 12:45:04 +0000
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