Manx politicians have been warned that their plans to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide on the island are unworkable. Palliative medicine consultant Baroness Finlay of Llandaff and consultant nephrologist Dr David Randall said MHK Alex Allinson’s Assisted Dying Bill was complex and dangerous. He advised the Isle of Man not to go ahead with legalising euthanasia and assisted suicide but rather to invest in palliative care. ‘Misplaced faith’In a recent letter to the Times, Lady Finlay said there was “misplaced faith in the ‘safeguards’ surrounding assisted suicide”. “Another proposed ‘safeguard’ is for doctors to detect coercion — yet doctors are trained to trust what their patients tell them and rarely detect financial or emotional coercion.

Source: The Times May 24, 2024 15:12 UTC