Blogs for December 2016

Posted on Friday 2nd December 2016 at 5:34pm

The AMA executive has just concluded an ‘update’ of its policy on assisted dying, confirming its dinosaur status: Its stance against assisted dying hasn’t changed and it utterly fails to represent the diversity of views amongst Australian doctors.

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) executive (policy group) recently concluded a major review of its official policy on assisted dying. The last major review was in 2007. Through a deeply flawed process the AMA executive continues to expressly disrespect the diversity of views amongst Australian doctors — a diversity confirmed by its own review — and hasn’t altered its opposition to assisted dying in any meaningful way.

Unrepresentative of Australian doctors


Keywords: Australia | Australian Medical Association (AMA) | Rhetoric: Hippocratic oath | Rhetoric: Slippery slope | Rhetoric: The 'vulnerable'

 

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