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.（点击英国《每日邮报》查看原文）

英国“死亡热线”惹争议

       《每日邮报》消息，英国一家致力于争取死亡权利的组织计划赞助该国首条“死亡热线”，为处于绝症晚期的患者提供如何“体面死亡”的建议，这一做法引起巨大争议。

       这家名叫“临终关怀”的慈善团体表示，免费热线旨在让患者拥有更多的“选择权和控制权”。

       但是这个为绝症患者提供如何结束生命建议的计划引起了反对安乐死人士的批评，他们说这条热线有可能用来人为缩短人的寿命。

(China.org.cn May 6, 2011)