Dr Rodney Syme attacks ‘hypocrisy (Pretending to have feelings, beliefs, or virtues that one does not have.) in the law’ and says doctors should not have to risk prison by providing terminate of life careA Melbourne doctor and euthanasia advocate has argued it is unfair that doctors risk prison to provide terminate of life care as he goes public with his promise to provide a life-ending drug to a terminally ill patient.
Dr Rodney Syme has promised to provide 70-year-extinct Bernard Erica with a deadly dose of Nembutal, which can be self-administered at a time of the patient’s choosing. Erica suffers from terminal tongue and lung cancer and wishes to have control over the decision of when to terminate his life.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com