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As different areas of Australia have made attempts to legalize assisted suicide in the country with varying degrees of success, <\/span>a new study<\/span><\/a> put out by the PM Glynn Institute of Australian Catholic University shows that palliative care doctors are in short supply, leaving Australians with little real choice when faced with serious illness and end-of-life care.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Palliative care, the report says, is \u201can approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems related to a life-threatening illness.\u201d It seeks to prevent and alleviate suffering both physical and mental. It is a necessary counterbalance in the euthanasia debate, as assisted suicide seeks only to end a \u201cproblem\u201d rather than care for a person.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The study found that although industry benchmarks require about two palliative care physicians per 100,000 people, the country falls well behind those marks at 0.9 per 100,000 people. It also pointed out that the lack of specialized community-based care put the brunt of the strain on public hospitals. The study also found that too many GPs are unfamiliar with what few options are available in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The director of the PM Glynn Institute, Dr. Michael Casey, told the <\/span>Catholic Leader<\/span><\/a> that findings show a lack of equally-weighted options. \u201cPeople say voluntary-assisted dying is about giving patients a choice but if dying patients cannot access the palliative care services they need, they don\u2019t really have a free choice,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need to do more to ensure that everyone who needs good quality palliative care can access it, wherever they are and whatever their circumstances, before considering a momentous step like voluntary assisted dying.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In a 2019 pastoral letter in response to the state of Victoria\u2019s <\/span>legalization of assisted suicide<\/span><\/a>, Australia\u2019s Catholic bishops sounded the alarm about the new law and its social implications, including \u201cthe lack of adequate funding for excellent palliative care\u201d as well as \u201cthe lazy idea that the best response our community can offer a person in acute suffering is to end their life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not just about managing pain, nor is it just about spending a lot of money,\u201d said Archbishop Mark Coleridge last year to the <\/span>Catholic Leader<\/span><\/a> when a separate report about the dire need for end-of-life care was released. \u201cComprehensive palliative care sees beyond the pain to the whole person and makes good economic sense. That\u2019s why it has to be the right option.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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As different areas of Australia have made attempts to legalize assisted suicide in the country with varying degrees of success, a new study put out by the PM Glynn Institute of Australian Catholic University shows that palliative care doctors are in short supply, leaving Australians with little real choice when faced with serious illness and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":606,"featured_media":230758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[5,4,3473],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nAs assisted suicide is promoted in Australia, research shows shortage of palliative care doctors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Those who need quality palliative care must be allowed to access it before Australia "consider[s] a momentous step like [assisted suicide].\u201d\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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