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Other Organisations
Opposed to Euthanasia
The Objects of the Trust are to disseminate information concerning the nature and function of medical practice and the role of ethical principles as an integral part of the profession of medicine, to maintain high standards of health care and to foster a trustful relationship between patients and the profession and to disseminate reports pertaining to health, issued by scientific, medical, Government and scientific organisations, when such reports are not widely known to the public. ALERT (Against Legalised
Euthanasia, Research & Teaching) The
aim of ALERT is to warn people of the dangers of any type of
euthanasia legislation and pro-death initiatives. These include
the promotion of Living Wills or Advance Directives, which create
a climate for the acceptance of euthanasia. International Task Force on Euthanasia
and Assisted Suicide The
International Task Force (ITF) is an international leader in
the ever-increasing debate over assisted suicide and euthanasia.
The ITF concentrates solely on the issues surrounding assisted
suicide and euthanasia and addresses these issues from a public
policy perspective. Physicians for Compassionate Care PCC Educational Foundation is an association of physicians and other health professionals dedicated to preserving the traditional relation of the physician and patient as one in which the physician's primary task is to heal the patient and to minimize pain. The association promotes the health and well being of patients by encouraging physicians to comfort patients and to assist those who are dying by support systems, minimizing pain, and treating depression. The association affirms the health restoring role of the physician and works to educate the profession and the public to the dangers of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. As physicians, we come from primary care specialties as well as subspecialties. We work to support each other and to speak out for the inherent value of human life. The
Linacre Centre exists to help Catholics understand the Church's
position on many contentious questions in medical ethics. Although
its perspective is informed by Catholic moral teaching, in defending
such teaching it seeks also to appeal to non-religious, philosophical
reasoning to enable dialogue with those of no religious faith.
The Linacre Centre is the only Catholic centre for bioethics
in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and its Trustees are the Roman
Catholic Archbishops of England and Wales. Founded
in 1981 Citizens United Resisting Euthanasia (CURE) is a nationwide
(American) network of concerned citizens of diverse professional,
political, and religious backgrounds bound together in a common
cause: uncompromising opposition to euthanasia. Canadian
Physicians for Life was founded in 1975. They are a non-profit,
charitable organization of Canadian physicians dedicated to the
respect and ethical treatment of every human being, regardless
of age or infirmity. The Medical Ethics Alliance affirms the unique value of all human life, its God given dignity and consequent right to protection in law. We are certain that all persons are of inestimable worth, irrespective of illness or disability. The pursuit and practice of medical excellence is dependant upon sound ethical principals. The Alliance looks to the Declaration of Geneva for inspiration. Opposed to the Withdrawal and Withholding of food and fluid, and misuse of drugsSOS-NHS - Patients in DangerPressure group formed by bereaved relatives of non-terminally ill patients who died in NHS Trust Hospitals. Contact SOS-NHS by telephone on 01580 200 097. |