http://www.dmarkcato.com/2010/01/27/27-january-2010/ Dying to Live Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:00:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.dmarkcato.com/2010/01/27/27-january-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-197 D. Mark Cato's Blog » Blog Archive » 31 January 2010 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:14:30 +0000 http://www.dmarkcato.com/?p=569#comment-197 [...] A BBC survey of over 1000 people found that 73% of them were in favour of assisted suicide in a case where a relative or friend was terminally ill and suffering. However, only 48%, of those surveyed, thought that assisted suicide was acceptable in cases where the patient was not fatally ill even if that person is in severe pain. This survey was a prelude to the BBC Panorama programme, scheduled for Monday night, which will highlight the case of the Kay Gilderdale who assisted her daughter to commit suicide by  injected her  but who  was cleared of a murder charge. (see 27 January entry). [...] [...] A BBC survey of over 1000 people found that 73% of them were in favour of assisted suicide in a case where a relative or friend was terminally ill and suffering. However, only 48%, of those surveyed, thought that assisted suicide was acceptable in cases where the patient was not fatally ill even if that person is in severe pain. This survey was a prelude to the BBC Panorama programme, scheduled for Monday night, which will highlight the case of the Kay Gilderdale who assisted her daughter to commit suicide by  injected her  but who  was cleared of a murder charge. (see 27 January entry). [...]

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