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Dr Gillian Wright
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Dr. Gillian Wright, a former palliative care doctor, speaks with doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals about the issues and problems with legalising the intentional killing of patients by assisted suicide or euthanasia.

  1. 3 May

    GMC consultation

    The UK General Medical Council is consulting on new draft guidance about personal beliefs and medicine. This includes changes to their guidance on conscientious objection. How could these changes impact medical professionals who would not wish to participate in assisted suicide should this ever be legalised in the UK? Dr Mary Neal, Reader in Law at Strathclyde University joined Dr Gillian Wright and other healthcare professionals to discuss the implications of proposed changes to GMC guidance on personal beliefs and conscientious objection in a webinar in April 2026.  See below for video recording and downloads of key GMC documents VIDEO - GMC Consultation on Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice – Our Duty of Care The post GMC consultation appeared first on Our Duty of Care.

    GMC consultation

  2. 17 Mar

    David Albert Jones - part 2

    In part 2 Professor David Albert Jones discusses conscience clauses and no detriment provisions with senior doctors from the devolved nations.  Why these have been lost from the Scottish Bill, and what are the implications for doctors and health care organisations? Complex conundrums in Scotland arise when legislation regards assisted suicide as medical treatment or […] The post David Albert Jones – part 2 appeared first on Our Duty of Care.

    David Albert Jones - part 2

  3. 23 Feb

    David Albert Jones – part 1

    David Albert Jones, Professor in Bioethics at St Mary’s University in London describes the experience of assisted suicide in other jurisdictions. In Australia a time limit of expectation of death within  6 months (or 12 months for neurodegenerative disease) in Victoria in 2017 was expanded in Queensland in 2021 to 12 months for all patients […] The post David Albert Jones – part 1 appeared first on Our Duty of Care.

    David Albert Jones – part 1

  4. 27 Jan

    Mary Neal

    Dr Mary Neal, Reader in Law at the University of Strathclyde, explains why Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying Bill (Scotland) will be stripped of conscientious objection provisions before MSPs vote on the final version of the bill. Westminster will require clauses relating to conscience to be removed from the bill before the Stage 3 vote. Holyrood […] The post Mary Neal appeared first on Our Duty of Care.

    Mary Neal

  5. 1 Jan

    Anni Donaldson

    Dr Anni Donaldson is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Strathclyde and an expert in domestic abuse and gender-based violence. She explains the dangerous intersection between assisted suicide and domestic abuse in Scotland where one in three adult women experience domestic abuse. She warns that assisted suicide risks putting an additional tool, a […] The post Anni Donaldson appeared first on Our Duty of Care.

  6. 12/12/2025

    Ramona Coelho

    Dr Ramona Coelho explains the rapid expansion of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying programme and why the UK needs to learn from Canada’s experience.  Ramona is a family physician based in London, Ontario primarily serving individuals living with disabilities, mental health disorders, and other marginalised groups. She is a founding member of Physicians Together with […] The post Ramona Coelho appeared first on Our Duty of Care.

  7. 07/11/2025

    Frank Cottrell Boyce

    Frank Cottrell-Boyce is the UK Children’s Laureate and multi award-winning children’s book author and screenwriter. He reflects on life, death and assisted suicide with palliative medicine Professor Mark Taubert. They share moving stories of challenge and hope and explore the language and culture of the assisted suicide debate. The post Frank Cottrell-Boyce appeared first on Our Duty of Care.

  8. 04/10/2025

    Chelsea Roff

    Chelsea Roff is founder of Eat, Breathe Thrive, an international eating disorder charity. She co-authored the first systematic review of deaths by euthanasia and assisted suicide in people with eating disorders, describing 60 cases internationally. Suicide is a leading cause of death in eating disorders, leading to complex ethical and clinical challenges when NHS resources […] The post Chelsea Roff appeared first on Our Duty of Care.

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Dr. Gillian Wright, a former palliative care doctor, speaks with doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals about the issues and problems with legalising the intentional killing of patients by assisted suicide or euthanasia.

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  • Creator
    Dr Gillian Wright
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Clean
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