
By Laura Donnelly, Health Editor
Almost half of GPs would want to be prescribed drugs to help them die if they were terminally ill and suffering unbearably, a poll suggests.
The survey of more than 1,000 family doctors found most would want the option of ‘assisted dying’ under certain circumstances.
The poll, commissioned by a pressure group in favour of assisted dying, comes as the Royal College of Physicians questions its members on its position.
The College has been accused of running a ‘s...
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