{"id":7002,"date":"2016-11-10T14:48:01","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T22:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7002"},"modified":"2018-03-06T20:24:27","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T04:24:27","slug":"indonesian-doctors-association-refuses-participation-in-chemical-castration-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7002","title":{"rendered":"Indonesian Doctors Association refuses participation in chemical castration law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author\">Sean Murphy<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/authors.aspx#Sean_Murphy\" target=\"_blank\">*<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Prijo Sidipratomo told BBC news that\u00a0Indonesian doctors cannot be involved with chemical castration of convicted sex offenders &#8220;because we have to uphold medical ethics,&#8221; and must not &#8220;do anything harmful to any human being.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His comments follow the passage of a new law in Indonesia authorizing chemical castration for paedophiles.<\/p>\n<p>Interviewed by the BBC, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said, \u00a0&#8220;That&#8217;s fine if the doctors don&#8217;t want to do it.\u00a0 We can use other doctors.\u00a0 We could use military doctors.\u00a0. . . There are lots of people who want to do it.\u00a0 That&#8217;s not a problem. . .\u00a0 It&#8217;s up to the doctors in Indonesia.\u00a0 But if the court hands out that punishment, we will carry it out.\u00a0 Military doctors or government doctors can do it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-37694475\" target=\"_blank\">BBC report <\/a>does not indicate whether or not the Indonesian medical profession accepts the distinction apparently made by the President between the ethical responsibilities of physicians employed by the state\u00a0and those in private practice.\u00a0 It appears that the President believes that the first allegiance of physicians who are employed by the state is to the law and state policy rather than to medical ethics or conscientious convictions.\u00a0 This is not dissimilar to arguments being\u00a0made in Canada to the effect that physicians, as\u00a0agents of the state health care system, must at least collaborate in killing patients or helping them commit suicide; some academics claim that they must actually do the killing themselves if they wish to continue in practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Murphy* Dr. Prijo Sidipratomo told BBC news that\u00a0Indonesian doctors cannot be involved with chemical castration of convicted sex offenders &#8220;because we have to uphold medical ethics,&#8221; and must not &#8220;do anything harmful to any human being.&#8221; His comments follow the passage of a new law in Indonesia authorizing chemical castration for paedophiles. 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