Do hospitals and hospices already effectively practice euthanasia through administering pain relief or withholding medications? Radio New Zealand interviews Sinead Donnelly of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine and Anne Morgan of Hospice NZ.
Sean Murphy – Administrator, Protection of Conscience Project – www.consciencelaws.org Introduction It appears that most people are willing to grant that a health care worker who has serious moral objections to a procedure should not be compelled to perform it or assist directly with it. However, many people find it more difficult to understand why some health care workers object to even indirect forms of involvement: why they might refuse to help …Read More
Sean Murphy – Administrator of the Protection of Conscience Project – www.consciencelaws.org Many people, grappling with concerns about freedom of conscience, agree that health care workers should not be forced to participate in procedures or services to which they object for religious, moral, or ethical reasons. However, their agreement is frequently qualified by the condition that a conscientious objector must refer the patient to someone who will provide what is wanted or …Read More