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Sydney Geriatrician: 'We do not want or need physician assisted suicide'
Nov 30, 2017
Dr John Obeid, a geriatrician in Western Sydney, has voiced his opinion about why assisted suicide should not be an option for his elderly patients. Having cared for thousands of people approaching the end of their lives, he brings a vital perspective to the assisted suicide debate.
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GP on Assisted Suicide Debate: 'We Have Not Been Fully Engaged'
Nov 16, 2017
Despite the fact that the medical community plays an intrinsic part in the administration of end-of-life measures, Victorian politicians have failed to involve them in the debate on the Voluntary Assisted Suicide Bill. There is a callous assumption that physicians will automatically perform such procedures if legalised.
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A "Death Doula" Loses His Medical License
Jan 01, 2015
The Maryland Board of Physicians has revoked the medical license of a Baltimore anesthesiologist, Dr. Lawrence Egbert, for allegedly assisting in the suicides of six people in the state from 2004 to 2008 despite his assertion Tuesday that he only advised them on how to take their own lives. By Wesley J. SmithThere is more to this story than a ghoul suicide facilitator losing his medical license.
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Most UK Doctors do not support assisted suicide
Aug 26, 2014
The UK Daily Mail reports on a new survey that shows that fewer than one in five doctors would be willing to help patients end their lives.Lord Falconer's Assisted Dying Bill - which is being considered by Parliament - would offer the chance of assisted dying to terminally ill patients deemed mentally capable and within six months of likely death.
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Death Culture in UK Health System
Jun 24, 2014
As the House of Lords prepares to debate Lord Falconer's assisted suicide bill, a worthy reflection on the death culture presents a cogent argument for reform of the system and why euthanasia & assisted suicide should be rejected.From Irene Ogrizek's blog:
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Doctors Group slams Tasmanian Euthanasia Bill
Oct 14, 2013
Doctors Opposed to Euthanasia is an Australian national of doctors who oppose the introduction of euthanasia & assisted suicide.
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Clarity at last for Tasmanian Doctors and end-of-life care
Oct 11, 2013
we looked at the confusion that is unnecessarily clouding the debate over the Tasmanian euthanasia bill. Nick McKim MP failed to note the necessary distinctions between an action with the direct intention to kill and an action with the intention to relieve pain and suffering. In my last post
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Confusion in Tasmania debate over the role of doctors
Oct 11, 2013
In March, at the time of the euthanasia & assisted suicide discussion paper in Tasmania, The President of the Tasmanian Branch of the Australian Medical Association condemned the move in the Australian Media. MP Nick McKim - a prime mover in pushing the agenda forward, responded.
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