Pages tagged "Health"
AMA votes overwhelmingly to oppose euthanasia… again
Jun 13, 2019
Pro-euthanasia advocates and media organisations routinely try to downplay the opposition of doctors to assisted suicide. As an example, the editorial in the Age this week ahead of the commencement of the assisted suicide law in Victoria states that “…some doctors and community members remain concerned terminally ill people might be influenced by avaricious, manipulative family members towards a decision to end their life, or be unable to give full and proper consent because of depression or other mental illness that often accompanies chronic suffering.”
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Noa’s euthanasia death may have been fake news, but this one wasn’t
Jun 11, 2019
There is nothing that is not tragic about the death of 17-year old Noa Pothoven.
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The Economical Option
Jun 07, 2019
A self-confessed “progressively social liberal” writer and researcher who “proudly identifies as a disabled person”, Chris Ford has found himself in an unlikely position: opposing euthanasia.
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Urgent warnings from WA doctors
Jun 05, 2019
In a blistering submission to the West Australian government’s expert panel on euthanasia, the peak medical body for doctors in Western Australia has warned against the risks such a law would have on vulnerable West Australians.
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An open letter from WA palliative care specialists
May 29, 2019
The McGowan Government has invited public comment on its discussion paper Ministerial Expert Panel on Voluntary Assisted Dying.
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National Palliative Care Week 2019
May 24, 2019
It is with good reason that anyone who has experienced palliative care – either for themselves or for a loved one – is very appreciative… Many even have positive and life-giving, though often incredibly sorrowful, memories of it.
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Who is dying under the Netherlands’ euthanasia regime?
May 17, 2019
Statistics relating to euthanasia deaths in the Netherlands in 2018 have been released, and are available on the Euthanasia Commission website.
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Assisted suicide: a lucrative live organ market?
May 15, 2019
Euthanasia and assisted suicide have opened up a whole new world of organ donation, creating a new and burgeoning source from which donor programs can receive bodies.
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Canada: one person euthanised every three hours
May 10, 2019
At least 2614 people were killed by euthanasia in the ten months between 1 January and 31 October 2018, data released by Health Canada has shown. This equates to about one person dying by lethal injection every three hours, and – alarmingly – does not include statistics for the whole country.
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Dying before care approved, lotteries for medical equipment: the appalling state of Qld palliative care
May 02, 2019
A group of experienced, palliative medicine physicians in Queensland has revealed the alarming condition of palliative care services in the state.
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