Death and dying
Upcoming conference to tackle 'Death and Dying - the last taboo'
by The Friend Newsdesk
20th January 2012
Quakers in Leeds are organising a conference to address ‘Death and Dying – the last taboo’. The conference will explore the ethical, spiritual and legal concerns around end-of-life care and assisted dying’. It will be held in Leeds on 12 May.
Ben Francis, of Leeds Meeting, writes: ‘The issue of the autonomy of the individual and the right to a good death, as a matter of individual conscience, is a stance that Quakers will recognise.’
‘Quakers have always been at the cutting edge of social reform. There is now a deepening obligation on the Society to bring the debate to a much wider audience and to work with discernment towards the humanely necessary changes in the law.’
