An amendment to the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill proposes that eligibility should depend on a six-month prognosis.
But leading palliative care experts warn that predicting how long someone has left to live is not an exact science. Prognosis is often uncertain, and many people live far longer than expected.
Turning population averages into legal deadlines risks serious and irreversible mistakes.
When the stakes are life and death, uncertainty matters.
The more we know, the more we say NO.
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