Assisted dying has more support than ever in Britain and should be legalised, experts wrote in The BMJ BURGER/PHANIE/REX FEATURESAssisted dying has more support than ever in Britain and should be legalised, according to leading medical experts. Writing in The BMJ they urged the British Medical Association to drop its opposition to assisted dying, where doctors provide or administer drugs to help patients end their lives. A poll last October found 55 per cent of doctors wanted it to be made legal, subject to safeguards. Fiona Godlee, the journal’s editor-in-chief, said: “The BMJ supports the legalisation of assisted dying. The great majority of the British public are in favour and there is now good evidence it works well in other parts of the world.”Jacky…

Source: The Times February 08, 2018 01:07 UTC