'Debate needed' on assisted death

Wednesday 29 July 2009

Helping a patient to die can carry a 14-year jail sentence for nurses in the UK A "considered" and "objective" debate is needed on assisted suicide, the head of the Royal College of Nursing says. It comes after the RCN, which has 400,000 members, shifted its stance on the matter to be neutral.

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