Pages tagged "Healthcare"
What WA doctors think about the euthanasia bill
Oct 09, 2019
A survey of more than 1500 medical practitioners conducted by the WA branch of the AMA has found that doctors are very concerned about the lack of safeguards in the WA euthanasia bill, and in particular, about the lack of equitable access to palliative care across the state.
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Depressed Canadian man accessed euthanasia
Oct 04, 2019
“We spent 50 years helping Alan live, and in one month they signed his death warrant. How can that happen in that period of time? Where’s the legislation to protect us?”
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Euthanasia: what the nurses see
Oct 03, 2019
Two professors in the School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia have blown apart some of the stereotypes in the euthanasia debate in research published in recent days, and provided startling accounts from nurses who are there to witness the euthanasia deaths of patients.
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WA Government offering euthanasia to every resident, but not palliative care
Oct 02, 2019
The WA parliament, thinking they were debating euthanasia legislation, have inadvertently uncovered the appalling state of palliative care in WA, especially as it concerns residents in regional and remote parts of the state.
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Catholic hospital forced to provide euthanasia
Sep 26, 2019
Not only are the conscience rights of doctors under threat in Canada; it seems that even faith-based institutions are being forced to tow the euthanasia line.
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International experts: euthanasia undermines palliative care
Sep 26, 2019
As state governments in Australia consider bills to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide, it is imperative that the views of doctors and palliative care health professionals, as the professions most affected by such radical changes to the law, are taken into account.
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