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The world’s largest body representing palliative care doctors has shared how its members believe media bias is motivating individuals to support the removal of end-of-life protections.
Survey finds medics are concerned there is too much focus on 'traumatic' cases, while 'good palliative care' is ignored
The fundraising effort supports the St. Joseph Healing Arts Program for patients staying at the medical facility.
Carol Clough's husband Neil describes the final moments of her life. Her health had declined over 20 years as a result of a large, benign but inoperable cyst on her pancreas.
Sun, 11 Jul 2021 19:45 UTC The number of prescriptions for a powerful sedative that can kill the frail doubled at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, raising fears it was used to control elderly residents in stretched care homes - or even to hasten their deaths. Official figures show out-of-hospital prescribing of the drug midazolam increased by more than 100 per cent in April compared to previous months. An anti-euthanasia campaigner last night said he suspected that the spike was evidence that many people had been put on end-of-life protocols or 'pathways'. Whistleblowers also claimed t...