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I’ve seen too many deaths to think that assisted dying is a good idea

17 October 2024

1:05 AM

17 October 2024

1:05 AM

Over my quarter-of-a-century of being a doctor, I have overseen thousands of deaths. For a busy hospital physician, this is not an unusual number. Helping people die is a core part of our job.

In the Commons today, the Assisted Dying Bill gets its first reading. But the debate about this bill is missing a crucial detail: assisted dying is already something of a reality.

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