Support palliative care not euthanasia

We take an oath like the doctor’s Hippocratic Oath not to cause harm.That is the main reason why the Nurses’ Professional Association of Queensland opposes the State Government move to legalise euthanasia.The NPAQ fears the state government views assisted suicide as the easy way out because it has failed lamentably to fund palliative care. To put it bluntly, assisted suicide is cheaper.We believe euthanasia would be unnecessary if there were adequate palliative care services for those whose lives…



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