L. J. Goody Bioethics Centre

L. J. Goody Bioehtics Centre

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Euthanasia

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Euthanasia

This page contains a number of resources relating to euthanasia. Click on the link or pdf file of your choice, and go directly to each resource.

Useful Links

December 2009: The French Parliament votes down a proposal for euthanasia by 306 votes to 202.

Dr Els Borst, the Dutch doctor and politician responsible for introducing euthanasia in the Netherlands, now says she was wrong to legalise euthanasia before palliative care was improved.

February 2010 : Belgian bioethicist Professor Erny Gillen warns that the Belgian experience proves that euthanasia laws create more ethical problems than they solve

February 2010 : Doctors agree that we need more palliative care because Australians in general, and doctors in particular, don't deal well with death and dying

Further Reading

Report to Tasmanian State Parliament on Dying with Dignity Bill 2009

Curtin University Ethics Lecture 2009 : Over the Edge - Individual Autonomy and Flat-Earth Ethics

Euthanasia Briefing Paper No. 1 (To State Parliamentarians)

Australian-born ethicist Margaret Somerville on Euthanasia

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