In 2009 Margot Macdonald MSP laid down an Assisted Dying Bill in Scottish Parliament in which 16- and 17-year olds would be allowed to request PAS. ACT (now Together for Short Lives) established a working group
will be open for consultation until 20 November and is expected to be introduced in the UK's upper chamber in the new year.The draft bill follows the recommendations of the Commission on Assisted Dying, which Falconer chaired, and would set up a framework with safeguards to allow mentally com...
doi:10.2139/ssrn.3013570assisted dyingeuthanasiaassisted suicidephysician-assisted suicideThis consultation response covers the following issues: definitions; capacity; patient's right to refuse; review.Lewis, Penney JSocial Science Electronic Publishing...