End-of-life law and ethics: grey areas around homicide and assisted suicide

摘要

In view of the ability nowadays to preserve life in situations where previously the patient would have died, health care professionals can find themselves faced with difficult challenges. As suppliers of palliative care drugs, it is important that pharmacists understand some of the legal and ethical principles that surround care for terminally ill patients, said Professor JOY WINGFIELD, University fo Nottingham an chairman of PLEA, as she opened the seminar.