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Comment on the Liverpool Care Pathway (2012)
A comment on the Liverpool Care Pathway by Professor David Albert Jones. A pdf is available here.
Human Dignity, Autonomy and Mentally Incapacitated Persons (1998)
A response to Who Decides? submitted by the Linacre Centre for Healthcare Ethics at the request of the Roman Catholic Bishops of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
Notes on The Winterton Bill (2000)
Luke Gormally comments on a Bill which aims to prohibit " the withdrawal or withholding of medical treatment, or the withdrawal or withholding of sustenance, with the intention of causing the death of a patient". A pdf is available here.
Response to "Withdrawing and Withholding Treatment" (1998)
The Linacre Centre's response to a consultation paper from the BMA's Medical Ethics Committee. A pdf of this report is available here.
Response to Human Bodies, Human Choices (2002)
A response by the Linacre Centre to a Government consultation.
Response to Making Decisions (2002)
A response to draft leaflets published by the Lord Chancellor's Department on decision-making by and on behalf of mentally disabled persons.