Pages tagged "Health"
Patients don’t need a “current wish to die” for doctors to euthanise: Dutch courts
Sep 20, 2019
A Dutch court has shown that legislative safeguards for euthanasia and assisted suicide are completely useless in that country.
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Death for all in Canada
Sep 19, 2019
Once again the first euthanasia law has proved to be nothing more than a stepping stone to a far more liberal euthanasia regime.
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WA regional residents want palliative care fixed
Sep 06, 2019
As the debate on euthanasia in Western Australia intensifies, new polling released this week indicates that regional residents in the state want palliative care fixed, as a priority, before any euthanasia legislation is passed by the parliament.
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WA politicians claiming euthanasia bill has nothing to do with euthanasia
Sep 03, 2019
Health Minister Roger Cook MLA stated in his second reading speech for the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019 that the bill “has nothing to do with euthanasia”.
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AMA: Euthanasia architect must clarify claims
Sep 03, 2019
The Australian Medical Association (WA) has queried a statement from the independent Chair of the Medical Expert Panel into the assisted suicide and euthanasia legislation in Western Australia, Malcolm McCusker QC.
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Doctors aren’t psychics
Aug 29, 2019
As in our own nation, euthanasia legislation is looming large over the ditch.
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Funding restrictions pushed this man to assisted suicide
Aug 29, 2019
Sean Tagert was suffering from ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, for six years. He lived in Canada with his 11 year-old son.
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WA euthanasia bill allows for doctor steering
Aug 29, 2019
“..Now there is the option of voluntary assisted dying...”
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Inaccessible and underfunded: the state of WA palliative care
Aug 15, 2019
Inaccessible and underfunded palliative care will leave vulnerable patients feeling that euthanasia is their only option, West Australia palliative care providers have said.
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Disturbing trends revealed in latest Washington stats
Aug 09, 2019
The most recent statistics for Washington State’s assisted suicide laws demonstrate what we have seen in jurisdiction after jurisdiction that have passed these laws: a dramatic increase in assisted suicide deaths, the emergence of “specialist” assisted suicide doctors, the lack of psychological care… it’s an all-too-familiar story.
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