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STUFF: Euthanasia referendum: ‘The proposed law isn’t watertight’
Opinion Piece by Grant Illingworth QC
The New Zealand public will shortly be asked to decide whether to
Euthanasia – What happens when prognosis for a terminal illness is wrong?
“Glenn’s doctors gave him a prognosis of six months to live three times over a period of nearly nine years. Prognosis cannot only be a little off, it can be flat out wrong. Would euthanasia have been legal, Glenn could have ended his life with years still left ahead of him. He would have missed out on so much, as would his wife and young daughter.”
When prognosis is wrong – Glenn's story #DefendNZ Documentary
#WATCH : Glenn’s doctors gave him a prognosis of six months to live three times over a period of nearly nine years. Prognosis cannot only be a little off, it can be flat out wrong. Would euthanasia have been legal, Glenn could have ended his life with years still left ahead of him. He would have missed out on so much, as would his wife and young daughter.
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Authorised by Catherine Hallagan, 42 Campbell St, Karori, Wellington, 6012
How would you feel if your 18 year old brother was diagnosed with cancer and he chose euthanasia?
Watch this video BEFORE you decide how you’re going to vote in the referendum on The End of Life
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University Professor Urges Medical Graduates to show Courage
Professor D Robin Taylor, University of Otago, Graduation Address
Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, Mayor, Members of the University Council, academic colleagues, graduating students, family
Professor of Nursing writes about Alzheimer’s & Euthanasia Debate
Negative attitudes towards Alzheimer ‘s disease are an undue influence on the euthanasia debate, claims an Australian bioethicist and Professor of Nursing at Deakin University.
Professor Megan-Jane Johnstone has examined the ‘ Alzheimerisation ‘ of the euthanasia debate in a new book, Alzheimer’ s disease, media representations and the politics of euthanasia: constructing risk and selling death in an aging society.
BMJ – What’s wrong with assisted dying
Iona Heath president, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). The RCGP is the professional membership body for family doctors in the UK and overseas.
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