Palliative care

Improving access to care for child and adolescent mental disorders

Vikram Patel, Professor of International Mental Health, Sangath Centre, India.

The myopathies of old age: diagnoses not to miss

David Hilton-Jones, Consultant Neurologist, University of Oxford and John Radcliffe Hospital.

Palliative care for non-malignant conditions

Dr Miriam Johnson, Reader in Palliative Medicine, Hull York Medical School.

Assisted suicide: Setting the scene

Lord Mackay of Clashfern, principal author of the House of Lords Report on Assisted Suicide. 

Assisted Suicide: The sanctity of life - A religious and secular perspective

Professor Paul Badham, Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Wales. 

Assisted suicide: The sanctity of life - A Christian perspective

The Right Reverend Michael Langrish, Bishop of Exeter. 

Assisted suicide: nursing issues

Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing.

Assisted suicide: Evidence AGAINST a slippery slope

Professor Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Associate Professor, VU Medical Center, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam.

Debate: FOR

FOR: Lord Joffe, Seconder - Raymond Tallis

Free

Assisted suicide: regulatory issues

Professor Sir Graeme Catto, Chairman, Better Regulation Group, Universities UK. 

Research strategy at Marie Curie cancer care

Steve Dewar, Director of Research and Innovation at Marie Curie Cancer Care. 

Killing pain or killing patients? Double effect and doctors in the dock

Dr Richard Huxtable, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director at the Centre for Ethics in Medicine. 

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