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| Assistance to patients at end of life: two points of view |
 Dick Marty: Assistance at the end of life - respecting the patient's will
Legalising euthanasia under controlled conditions is the only means of achieving transparency and preventing abuses, according to Swiss Liberal MP Dick Marty. The rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee is calling for patients' right to refuse medical treatment at the end of life to be respected.
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 Kevin McNamara: ''Liberalising euthanasia means recognising the right to kill''
Interviewed the day before the Assembly’s debate on assistance for patients at the end of life, British MP Kevin McNamara voices his fears concerning things which may go wrong if euthanasia is liberalised in Europe - and makes the point that it contradicts the principles laid down in the European Convention on Human Rights.
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