The Right to Die
Survey Finds Australian Doctors Hasten Death
Yahoo Daily News
The survey of almost 700 doctors, to be published in the Medical Journal of Australia on Monday, found 250 doctors had given painkillers in doses greater than necessary.
The doctors’ first intention was to relieve suffering, but they were aware the high dosage would hasten death, according to the survey by Australia’s Newcastle University.
Denying terminally ill patients the ability to end their lives in a dignified, painless manner is cruel, uncivilised and just plain wrong.
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Posted to Oh, the Humanity • 2001.11.21 (Wed) • 10:55
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