Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Coroners 'turning a blind eye' to assisted suicide

Coroners 'turning a blind eye' to assited suicide - Telegraph: At least one in 10 suicides in England is by someone with a chronic or terminal illness, found researchers who tried to obtain information on the subject from local health authorities. And two of 15 coroners interviewed also indicated they deliberately avoided probing into possible cases of assisted suicide - which remains illegal in Britain - "often for fear of causing problems for the friends and family left behind."

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