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Assisted dying debate
Getting assisted dying conversations right for patients
BMJ 2025; 388 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r130 (Published 24 January 2025) Cite this as: BMJ 2025;388:r130
- Jason W Boland, professor and honorary consultant in palliative medicine
- Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, UK
- Jason.Boland{at}hyms.ac.uk
Approximately 1% of the population and almost one third of hospital inpatients are in the last year of life.123 All clinicians need to be skilled at identifying these patients and initiating compassionate and skilful discussions about their care. Many already do.
After the recent vote in the UK parliament, there will now be less stigma for patients to raise assisted dying with us. …
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