An excellent article by William Peace.

It was medical negligence that drove Ray Gosling to kill lover. Once can understand his desperation. But the doctor who said the pain was uncontrollable should be severely disciplined. If a doctor does not know how to stop someone's pain, he should not wash his hands of the situation, but ask a colleague who does know. The doctor in a pain clinic or a local hospice could have advised what to do.

Dr Richard Lamerton
16 February 2010

A very good piece by Wesley J. Smith in response to the recent remarks by Martin Amis.

An excellent piece by Dominic Lawson in The Independent. It's one of the few sane articles in the current media frenzy concerning the lobby for assisted suicide.

Mrs Ann Farmer commented today on the conditional discharge in the case of a mother, Mrs Kay Gilderdale, who assisted her daughter's death:

"As a sufferer from ME for eight years, I can understand the late Lynn Gilderdale feeling suicidal, especially in view of the severity of her symptoms. ME is a poorly understood condition, but only research into it is paid for by charities representing the sufferers. It is a condition that leaves the sufferer weak and exhausted, but despite this we are forced to fight for help.

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By Alasdair Palmer in The Daily Telegraph

23 Jan 2010

From: Daily Telegraph

By Christopher Hope and Kate Devlin

Mr Starmer on Wednesday published a list of factors which will help lawyers to decide whether to charge people for assisting suicide.

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From: Times online

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From: Daily Mail

Like a pop star plugging his latest record, the blokeish Director of Public Prosecutions does the rounds of the Press and TV studios to promote his guidelines on assisted suicide.

Keir Starmer QC, named after the socialist pioneer Keir Hardie, is New Labour to his fingertips: Guardian-reading, media-savvy and a strong believer in fashionable liberal causes.

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From: Daily Telegraph

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