The Independence of the medical profession is critical – belief in practice as enshrined in the international covenants of the UDHR and ICCPR, that cannot be overridden even in national emergency . The future of medicine is at stake. When Medicine falls, so does society.
The freedom to practice medicine according to our conscience is under threat.
There are those that actively promote the view that doctors not prepared to offer legally permitted care because it conflicts with their values should not be doctors.
But the real threat is that such a situation will come about by default through being un-insurable and un-registrable without such a policy ever having been adopted.
There is a need to actively defend the integrity and independence of the medical profession.
A Comment on the Lockhart Review Committee Report for Christian Leaders The Human Embryo, Cloning and Medicine without Morality A need for strong, ethical leadership by Government. Executive Summary The recommendations of the Lockhart Legislation Review Committee cross moral boundaries that ought never to be crossed. These include the deliberate creation of human life for the […]
