Nadia Khan, BIMA spokeswoman and palliative medicine consultant, has been included in the article by Hyphen about Most Muslim doctors oppose assisted dying, survey suggests.

In the article Nadia Khan is quoted as saying that “the key concerns we have centre around safety. There’s a risk of assisted dying being misused, where people from ethnic minority groups may not be able to access information. Vulnerable groups may end up either being coerced into taking up assisted dying, or feeling like they have no other choice because of the gaps around good end of life care and social support. At the moment, we haven’t got equitable end of life healthcare for everyone. That needs to be resolved. Assisted dying is the wrong answer to the right question, which is how do we make people more comfortable at the end of life?”

Furthermore, the recent BIMA survey on assisted dying was quoted mentioning that 88% of healthcare professionals surveyed disagreed that it should be legal for doctors to prescribe life-ending medication. It is also highlighted that when asked whether doctors should have the legal right to administer life-ending medication, 90% disagreed.

You can read more about the work that BIMA is undertaking on assisted dying here.