Kalgoolrie Miner
A longstanding Kalgoorlie-Boulder GP says the State Government should introduce “kill clinics” if proposed euthanasia laws receive the parliamentary seal of approval.
Dr Mal Hodsdon believes it would be “immensely unfair” of politicians to put the onus on GPs to sign off on people’s deaths.
Instead, Dr Hodsdon feels the State Government should take full responsibility by establishing what he calls “kill clinics”, providing a one-stop shop for terminally ill patients wanting to end their lives. . . [Full text]
Dr. Hodsdon says that he believes that killing patients would be contrary to his Hippocratic Oath, but he would be “more than happy to refer [patients] to a kill clinic” if they wished to have euthanasia. However, many objecting practitioners would be unwilling to make a referral because they believe that doing so would make them morally complicit in euthanasia.