Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill - Minutes of Evidence [Back to Report]

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 3 March 2005.

THURSDAY 21 OCTOBER 2004

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Present

Arran, E	Mackay of Clashfern, L (Chairman)
Carlile of Berriew, L	McColl of Dulwich, L
Finlay of Llandaff, B	Patel, L
Hayman, B	St Albans, Bp
Jay of Paddington, B	Taverne, L
Joffe, L	Thomas of Walliswood, B

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CONTENTS

Memorandum by the British Medical Association

Memorandum by the General Medical Council

Examination of Witnesses

Witnesses: DR MICHAEL WILKS, Chairman, Medical Ethics Committee, DR VIVIENNE NATHANSON, Director of Professional Activities, British Medical Association, PROFESSOR SIR GRAEME CATTO, President, and MS JANE O'BRIEN, Head of Standards, General Medical Council, examined.

Question Number

281 - 299

300 - 319

320 - 339

340 - 353

Memorandum by National Council for Hospice & Specialist Palliative Care Services

APPENDIX A

Memorandum by the Association for Palliative Medicine

APPENDIX 1

APPENDIX 2

SURVEY OF APM MEMBERS VIEWS ON EUTHANASIA/PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE

Survey of APM members views on Euthanasia/Physician assisted suicide—Summer 2003

Examination of Witnesses

Witnesses: DR TERESA TATE, Chair of the Ethics Working Group, National Council for Palliative Care, MR DONAL GALLAGHER, Specialist Palliative Care Social Worker; Palliative Care Service Manager at the Wisdom Hospice, MS VICKY ROBINSON, Nurse Consultant in Palliative Care at St Christopher's Hospice and DR ROBERT GEORGE, Consultant in Palliative Medicine at UCL Medical School, the National Council for Hospice and Palliative Care Services, and DR DAVID JEFFREY, Chair, Ethics Committee of the Association of Palliative Medicine, examined.

Question Number

354 - 359

360 - 379

380 - 399

400 - 419

420 - 422

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