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A retired Scottish GP has admitted helping patients end their own lives.
Dr Iain Kerr - who worked in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire - said he prescribed medicines to three people who felt their lives had become intolerable.
The cases were referred to prosecutors who decided it was not in the public interest to take action against him.
Dr Kerr was found guilty of misconduct and suspended from practising medicine for six months in 2008 for giving sleeping pills to a suicidal patient.
The GP, who retired two years ago, told BBC Radio Scotland's Call Kaye programme that during his career he had prescribed medicines to three people who were considering ending their lives.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-21769011
Dr Iain Kerr - who worked in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire - said he prescribed medicines to three people who felt their lives had become intolerable.
The cases were referred to prosecutors who decided it was not in the public interest to take action against him.
Dr Kerr was found guilty of misconduct and suspended from practising medicine for six months in 2008 for giving sleeping pills to a suicidal patient.
The GP, who retired two years ago, told BBC Radio Scotland's Call Kaye programme that during his career he had prescribed medicines to three people who were considering ending their lives.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-21769011