Most UK doctors support assisted dying, a new poll shows: the BMA’s opposition does not represent members

Davis, Jacky

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“…Ultimately, should appropriate safeguarding measures be deployed alongside relevant legislation, assisted dying may risk eroding doctors' professional integrity. 34 Current position of doctors' professional groups in the UK and the USA As expected, the discussion around adopting assisted dying has caused much controversy among the doctors' professional groups and bodies. Several professional organisations in the UK have clearly expressed their opposing views to assisted dying such as the British Medical Association, the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Royal College of Surgeons of England, whereas others maintain a neutral position including the Royal College of Nursing, the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.…”

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Euthanasia and assisted dying: what is the current position and what are the key arguments informing the debate?

2018

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Assisted dying is a highly controversial moral issue incorporating both physician-assisted dying (PAD) and voluntary active euthanasia. End-of-life practices are debated in many countries, with assisted dying receiving different consideration across various jurisdictions. In this paper, we provide an analytic framework of the current position and the main arguments related to the rights and moral principles concerning assisted dying. Assisted dying proponents focus on the respect of autonomy, self-determination and forestalling suffering. On the other hand, concerns are raised regarding the interpretation of the constitutional right to life and balancing this with the premise of assisted dying, alongside the impacts of assisted dying on the doctorpatient relationship, which is fundamentally based on trust, mutual respect and the premise of 'first do no harm'. Our review is underpinning the interpretation of constitutional rights and the Hippocratic Oath with the premise of assisted dying, alongside the impacts of assisted dying on the doctor-patient relationship. Most clinicians remain untrained in such decision making, with fears against crossing key ethical divides. Due to the increasing number of cases of assisted dying and lack of consensus, our review enables the integration of ethical and legal aspects and facilitates decision making.

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“…Ultimately, should appropriate safeguarding measures be deployed alongside relevant legislation, assisted dying may risk eroding doctors’ professional integrity. 34…”

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“…In response to your series of articles on the subject in February’s issue—namely, the Editor’s Choice1 and the Personal View by Jacky Davis2 calling on the BMA to poll its members—we would like to clarify that we most recently tackled this topic in 2016, when we undertook a major research project to engage with both doctors and patients to seek their views. Invitees were randomly selected from our membership database to reflect the UK doctor population.…”

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BMA responds to articles on assisted dying

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2018

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Body Donation after Medically Assisted Death: An Emerging Consideration for Donor Programs

Wainman

Cornwall

2019

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Around the world, the recent introduction of assisted death laws has meant that undertaking medical assistance in dying (MAID) is now an option for some persons wishing to end their life. Some of these people donate their bodies to medical science, and by doing so have created a new route from which donor programs can now receive bodies. Such donations have also illuminated a myriad of novel ethical questions. This article considers the emotive and controversial topic of MAID in relation to body donation, describing the experiences of McMaster University, Canada, where several MAID body donors have been received by the anatomical donor program. It provides background on the development and implementation of MAID in Canada, and describes the experience of staff and students at McMaster to MAID donations. It also explores the relevance of MAID to body donation programs, and discusses several of the ethical challenges facing body donation programs who may encounter MAID body donors. These include the appropriateness of accepting MAID donors, issues with informed consent, the effect of personal engagement with MAID donors, information sharing around MAID donations, governance issues, and negative historical parallels between MAID and euthanasia. Suggestions on how to manage MAID body donation focus on how issues affecting institutions, faculty, and students may be approached utilizing appropriate transparency and communication, some of which may facilitate student professional development around the topic of MAID. It is also suggested that the development of ethically appropriate guidelines on MAID body donations may positively guide the anatomical community.

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Most UK doctors support assisted dying, a new poll shows: the BMA’s opposition does not represent members

Abstract: A survey on doctors.net.uk has found majority support for legal assisted dying, writes Jacky Davis, arguing that the BMA should move to a neutral position or survey its membership

Cited by 7 publications

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Euthanasia and assisted dying: what is the current position and what are the key arguments informing the debate?

Euthanasia and assisted dying: what is the current position and what are the key arguments informing the debate?

BMA responds to articles on assisted dying

Body Donation after Medically Assisted Death: An Emerging Consideration for Donor Programs

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