GPs back the right to die for terminally ill A small majority of GPs would like the option of an assisted suicide if they were terminally ill, according to a survey. The poll of 1,005 doctors found 40 per cent in favour, 32 per cent against, and a quarter undecided, in research carried out by MedeConnect Healthcare Insight on behalf of Dignitas, the right to die campaign group. However, two thirds said the BMA and royal colleges, currently opposed to change, should take a neutral stance. The Assisted Dying Bill, which will be debated on July 18, would legalise assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. While three quarters of the public are in favour, support from the medical profession for the reform is crucial. Sarah Wootton, the chief executive of Dignity in Dying, said the poll showed GPs were not so different from the public. “This law will not result in more people dying, but it will result in fewer people suffering,” she said. It has emerged that the husband of a 51-year-old woman who took her own life at Dignitas last October after “two years of agony” following a stroke was questioned by police but not charged. The Crown Prosecution Service said the case of Peter Finch from Hoole, near Chester, was under consideration. thetimes.co.uk/tto/health/news/article4120159.ece
Posted on: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 09:44:13 +0000
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