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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.
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Nursing Voice Needed in Euthanasia Debate
A proposed new law allowing euthanasia and assisted suicide would put both nurses and vulnerable patients at risk says Julie