DOCTORS Stephen Hutchison and Jeremy Keen are the two consultants in palliative care at the Highland Hospice - which is the only hospice serving adults with incurable life limiting disease in the Highlands and acknowledged as the centre of such care in the region.
In the News
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June 22nd, 2010
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June 21st, 2010
A doctor previously cleared of murdering three patients could face fresh charges after confessing to hastening the deaths of two people in his care without their consent.
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June 21st, 2010
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June 21st, 2010
In the UK, local Sharia councils have been operating for many years, but in 2007 the Muslim Arbitration Tribunals (MAT) were established. Recognized by the UK's justice ministry and the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Sharia councils were officially allowed to judge in civil - not criminal - cases, based on the British Arbitration Act of 1996...
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June 21st, 2010
Muslim protestors gathered in London on Sunday calling for aspects of Sharia law to be introduced in Britain. The rally turned into chaos, sparking a counter-demonstration by English right-wing nationalists.
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June 21st, 2010
A GP who was cleared of murdering three of his patients could face a second criminal investigation after admitting that he did hasten the deaths of people in his care.
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June 21st, 2010
Hundreds of Scots have lodged objections at Holyrood to a controversial bid to legalise assisted suicide north of the Border.
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June 21st, 2010
When someone you love is dying in agony, who has the right to decide whether to speed things up? If a patient has given their consent, should doctors be able to administer large doses of drugs which allow them to slip away without the pain?
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June 21st, 2010
The archbishops of Canterbury and York are planning a bid to stop a Church of England split over women bishops.
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June 21st, 2010
Dr Howard Martin, struck off by the General Medical Council last week and facing a second criminal investigation into the deaths of several of his patients, is anxious to distance himself from mass-murderer Harold Shipman...