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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Posted on Sunday 14th June 2015 at 4:28pm
Sydney psychologist Mary Ticinovic advances specious arguments against rational assisted dying choice.
In today’s Fairfax press, Sydney woman Mary Ticinovic advances a number of reasons as to why she believes that assisted dying is not merciful. The by-line identifies her as a “clinical psychologist”. But her arguments are not founded on the basic tenets of psychology. How so?
Read Mary’s opinion piece in The Age
All life is precious
Keywords:
Flapdoodle |
Faith |
Voluntary euthanasia (VE) |
Assisted dying (AD) |
Australia |
Christian |
Catholic |
Lobbying: Opponents |
Rhetoric: Hippocratic oath
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