“I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgement, but never with a view to injure or wrongdoing. Neither will I administer a poison to…
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When “end of life care” goes wrong
The Lords and Commons Family and Child Protection Group have presented a document entitled When “end of life care” Goes Wrong to Parliament on the initiative of Carla Lockhart MP.…
Assisted suicide: The Meacher Bill is Not Assisted Dying but Euthanasia! Dr. Tony Cole and Dr. John Duddington Once again euthanasia is on the Parliamentary agenda with the introduction into…
Assisted Dying. Doctors cannot be “neutral”, about killing the sick. The majority was only 49 votes for, and 48 against. Hardly a convincing margin. The last time the policy was…
September , 2013 THE MEDICAL ETHICS ALLIANCE, would like to offer the following statement as a response to the Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People. C CONSIDER the…
For an article settling out the challenges of recent high profile cases involving children, along with an analysis of what is wrong with the law, look here.
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Futile treatment- Futile lives?
A joint meeting between the Medical Ethics Alliance and the Catholic Medical Association was held in Birmingham on 20th October 2018 at Newman House. It was well attended by members…
This appeal was made to the British Medical Association in June 2018 An urgent appeal is to be made to the British Medical Association Annual Representative Meeting to consider a motion…
Bambino Gesu Hospital Charter to Protect the Rights of Terminally Ill Children The Medical Ethics Alliance commends the Bambino Gesu Hospital (the Vatican’s children’s hospital) for it’s charter to protect the…
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Alfie Evans RIP
From the Medical Ethics Alliance At the time of his death we offered our deepest condolences and assurance of our prayers to the parents of Alfie Evans who died early in the morning…