Third of doctors act to shorten lives of dying

Reported by guardian.co.uk on Saturday, 24 October 2009 (on October 24, 2009)

• One in 10 patients ask to have death hastened• Religious beliefs affect actions by medical staffAround a third of doctors say they have given drugs to terminally ill patients or withdrawn..

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