Bienvenue sur le site du Conseil national et des Conseils provinciaux de l'Ordre des médecins Welkom op de website van de Nationale Raad en de provinciale raden van de Orde van geneesheren
The BMA has long advised doctors - for moral as well as legal reasons - to avoid actions that might be interpreted as assisting, facilitating or encouraging a suicide attempt. This means not giving patients advice on what constitutes a fatal dose or on anti-emetics in relation to a planned overdose, not suggesting the option of suicide abroad nor writing medical reports specifically to facilitate assisted dying abroad, nor on any other aspects of planning a suicide.
This End of life guidance covers three main issues: contemporaneous and advance refusal of treatment; withholding and withdrawing life-prolonging medical treatment; assisted dying - euthanasia and assisted suicide.
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service is the new adjudication service for UK doctors. This site contains information and advice on the role of the MPTS, including the schedule of forthcoming hearings and recent decisions by the panels.