Pages tagged "Healthcare"
An important message from 150 WA medical practitioners
Nov 06, 2019
An important message from 150 Western Australian medical practitioners to the WA parliament.
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WMA re-affirms opposition to euthanasia
Nov 03, 2019
Despite intense lobbying from pro-euthanasia activists, the World Medical Association has, once again, reiterated its opposition to euthanasia and physician assisted suicide.
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Doctors across Australia reject euthanasia “fake news”
Oct 31, 2019
More than 770 medical professionals involved in end of life care or the treatment of those with significant illness have written to members of the West Australian Legislative Council to challenge “misinformation” used by euthanasia advocates in the push for passing the laws in the state.
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Organ donation and euthanasia – what could go wrong?
Oct 25, 2019
Organ donation is a medical practice that is almost universally supported as a public good in and of itself. It allows a very sick person whose own organs are failing to be given a second chance at life, through the donation of organs from the body of a person who is recently deceased.
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She’s 23, physically healthy and eligible for euthanasia.
Oct 24, 2019
The potential euthanasia death of a 23-year old woman in Belgium who is physically healthy but suffering from mental health demonstrates the risks of doctors being able to initiate conversations about euthanasia and assisted suicide with their patients.
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They were meant to advise the government, not lobby them
Oct 23, 2019
The “independent” chair of the Ministerial Expert Panel on Voluntary Assisted Dying in Western Australia and a number of the other members of the Panel appear to have turned from ministerial advisors to euthanasia lobbyists as the WA Parliament continues its debate over euthanasia and assisted suicide.
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Disability Council slams so-called ‘safeguards’
Oct 16, 2019
A new, scathing report on the risks of assisted suicide laws to people with disabilities has been released by the National Council on Disability (NCD) in the United States.
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WA doctor recommends ‘kill clinics’
Oct 16, 2019
While the suggestion that specialised “kill clinics” should be established to implement the government’s proposed euthanasia regime might sound shocking, their creation would be entirely consistent with the Bill currently before the WA Legislative Council, as well as the experience in overseas jurisdictions where euthanasia and assisted suicide have been legalised.
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Canadians want assistance to live – not die
Oct 11, 2019
Jonathan Marchand has had a form of muscular dystrophy since he was 15. He is now in his 40s and on a ventilator.
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Close the Gap, not euthanasia, should be priority: Senator
Oct 10, 2019
“First Australians live shorter lives. Their babies are likelier to die of preventable diseases. They watch their friends, cousins and siblings prematurely end their own lives. They have had their hearts broken too often when there is a “death in custody” because of misjudgement, prejudice or ignorance as their culture faces power and authority. One simply cannot bear witness to this reality — where First Nations are overrepresented at every stage of our health and criminal justice systems — and put forward another avenue to death.”
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