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Care pathway not euthanasia of elderly

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012

A report on Professor Patrick Pullicino’s comments about The Liverpool Care Pathway which was published  the The Daily Mail was based on sweeping generalisations and lacked accuracy says John Kleinsman, Director of The Nathaniel Centre – the New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre. Pullicino was reported as saying doctors had turned the use of the Liverpool Care Pathway Read more

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Care pathway leads to euthanasia, doctor claims

Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

A senior neuroscientist says doctors in Britain are prematurely ending the lives of elderly hospital patients through a programme that is also used in New Zealand hospitals. Professor Patrick Pullicino said doctors had turned the use of the Liverpool Care Pathway into the equivalent of euthanasia of the elderly. Professor Pullicino, a consultant neurologist for Read more

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