Posted on Sunday 23rd August 2015 at 10:00pm
Northern Territory Health Minister John Elferink sparks a furore over ill-informed and insensitive remarks about dying Northern Territorians.
ABC journalists Jesse Dorsett and Eleni Roussos recently reported remarks made by the Northern Territory (Australia) Health Minister John Elferink, about the cost of supporting dying patients in the last year of life. Elferink said that dying patients could be personally persuaded to forgo medical treatment specifically in order to have more money available for their grandkids' 'opportunities'. Why is he wrong and what should he do about it?
Keywords:
Refusal of medical treatment (ROMT) |
Withholding/withdrawal of medical treatment (WOMT) |
Australia |
Northern Territory |
Analysis
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Posted on Thursday 23rd July 2015 at 1:22am
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews needs to rethink his current lack of support for assisted dying law reform.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews reports that he doesn’t support voluntary euthanasia “at this stage” (The Age, 21 Jun 2015), and that his objections are not based on his Catholic faith. I think it is fair to take him at his word given his historical record in facilitating conversation and reform around values-based issues such as abortion. But his current thinking on assisted dying is indefensible as I explain.
Keywords:
Assisted dying (AD) |
Euthanasia |
Physician-assisted dying (PAD) |
Refusal of medical treatment (ROMT) |
Voluntary refusal of food and fluids (VRFF) |
Victoria |
Catholic |
Legislative reform |
Rhetoric: Slippery slope
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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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Posted on Sunday 14th June 2015 at 4:13pm
Conservative religious groups mistakenly report that a Council of Europe declaration 'bans euthanasia' across Europe — which it explicitly did not.
On the 25th January 2012, the Council of Europe passed declaration 1859 on advance care planning. Immediately, lobbyists opposed to assisted dying loudly proclaimed that the resolution banned euthanasia across Europe, when it did nothing of the sort. What actually happened?
Keywords:
Fudge |
Voluntary euthanasia (VE) |
Non-voluntary euthanasia (NVE) |
Euthanasia |
Europe |
Catholic Church |
Rita Marker |
Wesley Smith |
Yuri Koszarycz |
Paul Russell |
Alex Schadenberg |
Gregor Puppinck |
Religion |
Lobbying: Opponents
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Posted on Sunday 14th June 2015 at 4:06pm
Neil Francis announces the official launch of DyingForChoice.com
Neil Francis announces the official launch of DyingForChoice.com, the world's premier source of reliable, evidence-based information about assisted dying, and responsible law reform to permit it in restricted circumstances.
Keywords:
Physician-assisted dying (PAD) |
Voluntary euthanasia (VE) |
Assisted dying (AD) |
Legislative reform
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