Controversial: Euthanasia charity Dying In Dignity is to set up a helpline to promote more patient choice.

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A right-to-die lobbying group has provoked outrage over plans to sponsor the UK's first helpline aimed at guiding the terminally ill towards "a good death".

The free phone line, to be set up by a charity called Compassion in Dying, will "promote greater patient choice and control where possible", the Daily Mail reports.

Its plan to provide the incurably sick with advice on how to end their lives sparked protests from anti-euthanasia activists, who said the helpline would be used to shorten people's lives.（點(diǎn)擊英國《每日郵報(bào)》查看原文）

英國“死亡熱線”惹爭議

?????? 《每日郵報(bào)》消息，英國一家致力于爭取死亡權(quán)利的組織計(jì)劃贊助該國首條“死亡熱線”，為處于絕癥晚期的患者提供如何“體面死亡”的建議，這一做法引起巨大爭議。

?????? 這家名叫“臨終關(guān)懷”的慈善團(tuán)體表示，免費(fèi)熱線旨在讓患者擁有更多的“選擇權(quán)和控制權(quán)”。

?????? 但是這個(gè)為絕癥患者提供如何結(jié)束生命建議的計(jì)劃引起了反對(duì)安樂死人士的批評(píng)，他們說這條熱線有可能用來人為縮短人的壽命。

(China.org.cn May 6, 2011)