6.6.06

Why faith and religious belief are factors in the assisted dying debate

By Stephen Goundrey-Smith (a pharmacist and Church of England priest from Banbury, Oxfordshire)

The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 276 No 7403 p652
3 June 2006
http://www.pharmj.com/Editorial/20060603/comment/spectrum.html

Religious arguments against euthanasia and assisted dying are concerned with the well-being of society as a whole and safeguarding its most vulnerable members, in the context of what we know to be human nature. One thing is certain: although Lord Joffe’s Bill was defeated, it will be on the political agenda again in the future. When that happens, health professionals will need to be ready and aware of both the clinical and philosophical issues involved so that they will be able to assess the implications for their practice, and for society as a whole.

(另一篇幾有反思的article ... 發現自己英文差了,看UK Journals 時,間中有點吃力...還是美國的淺易一點)

1 則留言:

Dan^2InHim 說...

The author wasn't trying to bring on a debate with those who support assisted dying. Rather than that, the intent of the article was to raise Christian health professionals' awareness of the controversial issue. I couldn't tell until the last paragraph. ^_^