Assisted suicide a 'dangerous conversation' - HPCA on Tutu
10 October 2016
Cape Town - The Hospice Palliative Care Association is saddened by Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s support of assisted dying, the institution said on Monday.
“This is a dangerous conversation, especially in South Africa; and it worries me to consider how would we protect vulnerable people with regard to being ‘offered’ euthanasia,” CEO Dr Liz Gwyther said in a statement.
Gwyther said Tutu was wrong or misinformed about the life or death issue of euthanasia.
“The right to live and to die in dignity is one of the basic principles of palliative care. Archbishop Tutu is asking for good patient-centred care, in particular palliative care.”