Skip to main content

Diigo Home

Third of doctors act to shorten lives of dying - The Guardian 23rd October 2009 - The Diigo Meta page

www.guardian.co.uk/...suicide-doctors-terminally-ill - Cached

This link has been bookmarked by 1 people . It was first bookmarked on 24 Oct 2009, by Kieran Lamb.

  • 24 Oct 09
    western4uk
    Kieran Lamb

    "Around a third of doctors say they have given drugs to terminally ill patients or withdrawn treatment, knowing or intending that it would shorten their life, research reveals.

    A study of doctors in charge of the last hours of almost 3,000 people finds decisions almost always have to be made on whether to give drugs to relieve pain that could shorten life and whether to continue resuscitation and artificial feeding."

    Palliative Care Euthanasia Ethics Medical Staff Health News UHN The Guardian