Campaign group Dignity in Dying said assisted dying was an issue that Parliament "must address".

BBC: UK

The BMA annual meeting later this month will debate several motions urging neutrality on the issue of assisted dying.

BBC: 'Stop opposing assisted dying' - BMJ

It doesn't happen often -- usually the cover is a fait accompli -- but this time U.S. actress Scarlett Johansson has confused the issue by unexpectedly dying her hair.

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The BMJ said it backed calls from the campaign group Healthcare Professionals for Assisted Dying (HPAD) which wanted medical bodies to be neutral on the issue.

BBC: 'Stop opposing assisted dying' - BMJ

But if someone is dying of something else, or is in the terminal stages of heart disease, it can issue repeated painful shocks, to no avail.

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