GP who was adviser in Harold Shipman inquiry backs legalising assisted dying
by Emily Dugan and Jessica Elgot from World news | The Guardian on (#6RP5S)
Exclusive: Aneez Esmail says treating dying man in extreme pain six years ago changed his mind on helping terminally ill patients die
The medical adviser to the public inquiry into killings by the family doctor Harold Shipman has said he now believes that legalising assisted dying is necessary and would protect vulnerable patients.
Aneez Esmail, a GP, was the only medical adviser to the inquiry in 2000 into Shipman's mass murder of patients - killings facilitated by Shipman's power as a GP.
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