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Euthanasia remains illegal in Britain
J WardenBritish law will not be changed to permit euthanasia, mercy killing, or assisted suicide, but the management of patients in a persistent vegetative state and the operation of advance directives may be put into a code of practice. The government's response last week to the Lords select committee on medical ethics effectively ended the debate on euthanasia surrounding two particular cases: that of Tony Bland, who was in a persistent vegetative state after the disaster at Hills-borough football ground and whose artificial feeding was withdrawn, and that of Dr Nigel Cox, a rheumatologist who gave a lethal injection of potassium chloride.
A white paper states the government's "overriding concern" to protect the interests of patients; to ensure that health care is humane, ethical, and legal; to safeguard the patient's right to withhold consent to treatment; and to ensure that actions that have as their intention another person's death continue
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