title: A discussion on the proposed assisted dying law.
abstract: Having failed in their attempt to persuade the United Kingdom Supreme Court to allow health professionals to participate in assisting patients to end their lives, the hopes of campaigners now lie with Parliament passing Lord Falconer's private members' Assisted Dying Bill. This article reviews the Supreme Court's decision in R (on the application of Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice [2014] and considers how likely it is that Parliament will enact an assisted dying law.
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer in Health Law, College of Health Science, Swansea University.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Griffith
mesh_terms: D005065:Euthanasia / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Assisted dying; Human rights; Margin of appreciation; Parliamentary process