A correspondent through my Google profile (http://www.google.com/profiles/malcolmpayne.payne734#about) which gets you to other things about me on the www, points me at a relevant publication.

The Friend, the Quakers’ magazine, has a recent (19^th March) edition on dying, including stuff on assisted dying, and a lot of material is available free on the internet. There are two features about the arts, including an interesting schools project illustrated by two quilts, and a choreography project, Soul Play, based on personal experience, which has gained a lot of attention and played at some important theatres.

Choreography project at: http://www.kateflatt.com/

Interestingly for a Christian website (usually against assisted dying), the assisted dying feature in this edition is from Dignity in Dying (the organisation on favour of changing the law) and does not seem to have an answer from people with alternative views. It rehashes their views; one of the issues here is that their assumption is that because the majority is in favour of assisted dying our legislators are being dinosaurs in obstructing its natural progress. The Quakers deserved a more thoughtful and balanced coverage in their magazine because the majority is only partly in favour with many limitations. Also if all the practical difficulties saw the light of day in the passage of legislation, there might be a change of mind.

The assisted dying feature:

http://thefriend.org/article/the-greatest-campaign-of-the-twenty-first-century/

The Friend magazine on the internet at : http://thefriend.org/magazine