Conscientious objection and institutional objection to voluntary assistance in dying : an ethico-legal critique

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KERRIDGE, Ian | STEWART, Cameron | SCULLY, Jackie Leach | CHIARELLA, Mary | HAMBLIN, Julie | JOHNSON, Adam | RYAN, Christopher | SHEAHAN, Linda | SKOWRONSKI, George

This column examines conscientious objection and institutional objection in Australian voluntary assistance in dying. It reviews the current legislative regimes and then examines these practices from an ethical perspective, and raises particular concerns and suggestions with how conscientious objection and institutional objection should be operationalised.

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