By Sophie Law, Charlotte Andrews & Marcus White,A mother has admitted giving her terminally ill seven-year-old son a large dose of morphine to stop his suffering and "quietly end his life".
Assisted suicide - intentionally helping another person to end their life - and euthanasia - deliberately ending a person's life - areHe was five when diagnosed and was initially given a prognosis of three months.at Great Ormond Street Hospital, his life was extended but he was left in great pain, according to his mother.
She replied: "I feel very strongly that at the point of Hamish telling me he was in pain, and asking me if I could remove his pain, he knew, he knew somewhere what was going to happen. Campaigners for a so-called "right to die" have argued that people should be able to choose when and how to die in order to avoid suffering.MPs recently discussed the issue at a