Three Lancaster University professors have argued that it is time to move beyond a medicalized approach to assisted dying.
do not want to be directly involved.
Nancy Preston, Sheila Payne, and Suzanne Ost—three leading professors at Lancaster University—have written an opinion piece for the, exploring whether an enhanced de-medicalized approach, involving organizations outside health care, could help to overcome this. The debate around assisted dying mainly focuses on whether it should be legalized, rather than how it should be implemented.
Decisions about legalization will be made by politicians. If it is legalized, most people assume it will be part of health care. Research from Lancaster professors challenges whether this is the best option, and their article in the
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