Voluntary Euthanasia
With the battle over legalised euthanasia touch and go in South Australia and Tasmania, the president of the Australian Nursing Federation, Coral Levett, has taken the extraordinary step of personally endorsing it.
Not that she has done much thinking for herself. Writing in last month’s Australian Nursing Journal, Ms Levett recycled a Powerpoint presentation given last year by the vice-president of NSW Dying With Dignity, Sara Edelman. Most of the paragraphs in her editorial reproduced the slides almost word for word. (To be fair, she does acknowledge Edelman’s “assistance”.)
In one of the few original bits, Ms Levett says, “I urge all nurses and midwives to actively participate in the VE [voluntary euthanasia] debate”. But after reading her screed, there is only possible side nurses could take: Unconditional support.
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