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As lawmakers in the UK consider a bill that would legalize assisted suicide, some medical experts have been speaking out in opposition, honing in on the “terminal” designation that would qualify a person for assisted death.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not possible to accurately determine someone\u2019s prognosis as a number of months, say six months or 12 months,” explained<\/a> Professor Katherine Sleeman, Laing Galazka chairman at King\u2019s College London to The Telegraph. \u201cAs a doctor, patients do ask me, \u2018How long have I got left?\u2019 and I would never say, \u2018Six months or fewer.\u2019 I might say, \u2018Your prognosis is probably measured in months, or long months.\u2019 That\u2019s as precise as I would be.”<\/p>\n

She continued:<\/p>\n

When someone has only a few days, or certainly only a few hours left to live, it can be easier to understand with a higher degree of certainty that they\u2019re likely to die within that time-frame. But when we\u2019re getting into the territory of months, it is very, very difficult… <\/em><\/p>\n

There is nothing special about six months when it comes to terminal illness, or 12 months, for that matter. Why are we not talking about four months or eight months? This is an arbitrary line in the sand. It\u2019s not a firm foundation. Lines in the sand can obviously shift, so that is potentially a worry.<\/em><\/p>\n

Professor Chris Parker, a senior oncologist, told The Telegraph he routinely deals with patients who have lived far past their ‘terminal’ diagnosis.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have little doubt that some patients would choose assisted suicide if it was legal, because they were told they had less than six months to live, but in truth, if they had not had assisted suicide, would have lived for years and enjoyed a good quality of life, because I\u2019ve seen patients like that,\u201d he said, sharing the story of a patient who was told he would die 10 years ago, yet is alive and well today.<\/p>\n

As Live Action News has previously shown, people often live well past<\/a> a terminal prediction, yet assisted suicide enthusiasts continue to push for a “terminal” diagnosis as a standard for qualification. Sadly, these diagnoses may actually be pushing people toward a premature death. And when assisted suicide is legal, that premature death runs the risk of becoming the standard of care, rather than the exception. Palliative care is an alternative that offers patients comfort, quality, and even the chance to live well longer than expected \u2014 without resorting to suicide.<\/p>\n

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As lawmakers in the UK consider a bill that would legalize assisted suicide, some medical experts have been speaking out in opposition, honing in on the “terminal” designation that would qualify a person for assisted death. \u201cIt is not possible to accurately determine someone\u2019s prognosis as a number of months, say six months or 12 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":292946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[5,3473],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nUK medical experts warn 'terminal' diagnosis is poor standard for legalizing assisted suicide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"People often live past a terminal prediction, yet assisted suicide advocates to push for "terminal" diagnosis as a qualifying standard.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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