The Assisted Dying (Scotland) Bill - Many Risks, Few Safeguards

Drawing international comparisons where relevant, the speakers will offer insights into core dilemmas in assisted suicide/euthanasia legislation, the challenges that are presented by new legislation in this area and an understanding of how attempts to pick up protocol violations and negative outcomes have operated in countries where assisted suicide or euthanasia has already been decriminalised and the implications for Scottish legal and clinical practice.

Professor June Andrews FRCN LLB is an internationally recognised expert with three decades of experience in supporting families and professionals who care for older frail people especially those with dementia reaching the end of life. The emotional and financial cost of dementia to families and the person affected is greater than cancer, heart disease and stroke put together. She helps families and organisations more easily manage a broad range of end of life issues.

Professor Allan House MRCPsych MRCP DM is Emeritus Professor of Liaison Psychiatry and former Director of the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences of the University of Leeds and has decades of experience as an NHS consultant and academic with a particular interest in the overlap between physical and mental health. His research interest includes understanding the impact of severe physical illness on mental health, self harm and suicide risk.

The talk will last about an hour with the opportunity for questions and a glass of wine afterwards. The event is eligible for at least one hour CPD.

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