Right to die? John Wyatt ISBN 9781783593866, IVP, 2015, £7 from CMF Bookstore An initial survey of recent UK and world events sets the scene for a discussion of euthanasia, assisted suicide and end of life care. A particular strength is the perspective on recent events, laying out the ideas and...
Has modern medicine fallen victim to its own success? UK life expectancy continues to increase, though at a slowing rate. The last 150 years have seen a significant fall in infant mortality, followed by advances in treatment of infectious disease. Many more people live into their 80s, 90s and beyond...
Recorded at New Horizon at the University of Ulster on Monday 4th August, 2014.
Dr Peter Saunders' seminar is entitled 'Obedient unto death? - euthanasia and assisted suicide'
Thanks to New Horizon for permission to reproduce this talk.
Emily Jackson and John Keown Hart Publishing, 2012 £15 Pb 190pp ISBN 978 1 84946 178 8 The third volume in ths series Dabating Law allows two opposting experts around 30,000 words each to make their case, 'blind' of what the other will say. the result is accessible and engaging,...
On 28 September the Court of Protection ruled in favour of life in the case of M, a 53 year old woman who suffered severe brain damage as a result of viral encephalitis in 2003. M's sister and partner wanted artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) given via a gastrostomy tube to...