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The VE Bulletin Excerpts
'No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself' Rudyard Kipling
British Medical Association alters stance on assisted dying
In the June 2005 Annual Representative Meeting the British Medical Association altered its policy stance on assisted dying, stating that this is primarily a matter for society and parliament. Therefore the BMA should not oppose legislation which alters the criminal law, but should press for robust safeguards for patients, and doctors who do not want to be involved in such procedures.
This change in British policy may have implications for the Australian Medical Association which was founded on the same principles as the British association and is due to examine its own stance on such matters in 2006.
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