Letter: Definition of terminally ill still eludes medical world
28 November 2024
Ahead of MPs' vote on the assisted dying bill, Professor John Martin (UCL Medicine) question the definition of the term 'terminally ill' and argues it is not possible to predict when a patient will die in a letter to the Financial Times.

This article appeared in The Financial Times on 27 November 2024.
Links
- Original article in The Financial Times (£)
- Professor John Martin's academic profile
- Department of Ageing, Rheumatology & Regenerative Medicine
- UCL Division of Medicine
- UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences
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