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Adaptation in UK’s prosection policy for guiding dying people

Until now all UK health care professionals faced a greater chance than others of being prosecuted for helping people to die because of the trust their patients placed in them. But Alison Saunders, the Director of Public Prosecutions, said a special deterrent would now only apply to those directly involved in a personā€™s care. From now doctors and nurses who help severely disabled or terminally ill people to take their own lives are less likely to face criminal charges after Britainā€™s most senior prosecutor amended guidelines on assisted suicide.

Read John Binghamā€™s front page article in the Telegraph.

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