Assisted Dying: Philosophical, Legal and Practice Perspectives
- When?
- Wednesday 20 February 2013, 14:00 to 16:00
- Where?
- Lecture Theatre G, University of Surrey
- Open to:
- Public, Staff, Students
- Admission information:
- Please contact fbelevents@surrey.ac.uk to book a place
Have you thought about assisted dying? Are you familiar with the arguments presented to justify and oppose the legalization of assisted dying? Have you considered the role of concepts such as autonomy and dignity in the debate? Do you think that assisted dying has a role in end of life care? Or are end of life care choices adequate?
If you are interested in these and other questions relating to assisted dying, then read on…...
The University of Surrey is hosting an early evening symposium on the theme of assisted dying. Four expert panel members will give individual presentations and then debate their views in the panel. You will then have the opportunity to comment and to put questions to the expert panel.
Panel members are:
- Raymond Tallis who has been described as one of ‘the top living polymaths’. He is a philosopher, poet, novelist and cultural critic. He has also been a physician and clinical scientist, working as a Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Manchester and a consultant physician in healthcare of the elderly in Salford. His recent publications include: In Defence of Wonder and Other Philosophical Reflections (Acumen 2012) and Aping Mankind: Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity (Acumen 2011)
- Hazel Biggs is Professor of Healthcare Law and Bioethics and co-director of the Centre for Health Ethics and Law at the University of Southampton. Hazel’s research focuses on Healthcare Law and Bioethics generally, with particular emphasis on death and dying and end of life decision-making. Hazel is currently Editor in Chief of Medical Law Review and she was a member of the GMC working group which formulated the guidance Treatment and Care Towards the End of Life: good practice in decision making in 2010. Hazel’s publications include Euthanasia: Death with Dignity and the Law (Hart, 2001) and Healthcare research ethics and law: regulation, review and responsibility (Routledge-Cavendish, 2009).
- Barry Quinn is the MacMillan Consultant Lead Nurse for Cancer & Palliative Care and the End of Life Care Lead at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital NHS Trust. He has extensive expertise and experience as a clinician and researcher in addressing person centred care. He is a visiting lecturer at Guildford University and the Royal Marsden Hospital, London
- David Albert Jones is Director of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre and Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, 0xford. He was previously Director of the Linacre Centre for Healthcare Ethics and Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Centre for Bioethics and Emerging Technologies at St Mary’s University College, Twickenham where he remains a Visiting Professor. His recent publications include: A Practical Guide to the Spiritual Care of the Dying Person (CTS 2010), The Mental Capacity Act: A Practical Guide (CTS 2008) and Approaching the End: a theological exploration of death and dying (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).