Better palliative care is the answer
- Robert Twycross
- Macmillan clinical reader in palliative medicine Oxford University, Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LJ
EDITOR,—Sadly, the BMJ seems to be continuing its misguided policy of campaigning in favour of euthanasia (or its identical twin, physician assisted suicide).1 Yet again,2 we are subjected to an editorial by authors from a country other than Britain whose vision for those who suffer or are dying is clouded by local factors, including one sided coverage in the media and a …
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