Palliative Care Australia clarifies stance on assisted dying
After a 'long journey', CEO Rohan Greenland says it won't argue for or against
Australia’s peak palliative care body wants its neutrality on euthanasia to be “emphatic”, saying its previous stance on the issue was confusing.
Palliative Care Australia says it has re-examined its position on voluntary assisted dying for the first time since 2016.
The palliative care sector has long been seen as opposed to any attempt to make voluntary euthanasia legal — partly due to major providers’ links with church groups, but also because opposition is in line with the stance of organisations like the AMA.
Historically Palliative Care Australia has remained silent on the issue, insisting that assisted dying has nothing to do with palliative care.
