The majority of doctors who support scrapping end-of-life protections for the terminally ill are least involved in their care, a bioethicist has argued. Dr Mehmet Ciftci said recent polls on assisted suicide reveal a significant difference in attitude toward the controversial practice between general practitioners and those who specialise in palliative medicine. “More importantly,” he observed, “the doctors who are most in favour are least involved with caring for terminally ill patients in the long term. “The BMA similarly found the specialisms most likely to oppose it were palliative medicine, oncology, and general practice. Last year, Scotland’s First Minister and Health Secretary both publicly restated their opposition to legalising assisted suicide.

Source: The Times February 06, 2024 17:31 UTC