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Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill [HL]
Author(s)Lord Joffe
Corporate AuthorHouse of Lords
PublisherTSO, London, 8 January 2004
Pages10 pp (HL Bill 17 session 2003/2004)
SourceDownloaded document (13/9/04): http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200304/... Available from The Stationery Office.
KeywordsEuthanasia ; Terminal illness ; Terminal care ; Medical workers ; Statutes.
AnnotationThis Bill was introduced in the House of Lords by Lord Joffe. If enacted, the Bill will enable a competent adult who is suffering unbearably as a result of a terminal illness to receive medical assistance to die at his own considered and persistent request. The Bill also makes provision for a person suffering from such a condition to receive pain relief medication. (KJ/RH).
Accession NumberCPA-040928222 P
ClassmarkCY: CV: LV: QT: 6P *

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