Palliative Medicine Society goes on the front foot | NRL News Today: “We should focus on excellence of hospice and palliative care not euthanasia.” The Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine believes that the practice of euthanasia and assisted suicide are outside the discipline of Palliative Medicine. The Society endorses the New Zealand Medical Association’s Position Statement on Euthanasia, and similarly the World Medial Association’s which state that euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide are unethical. This position is not dependent on euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide remaining unlawful. Even if they were to become legal, or decriminalised, the NZMA would continue to regard them as unethical.
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