WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG?
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The trigger issue for the medical board was the suicide death of Perth man, Nigel Brayley; Beyond Blue chairman, Jeff Kennett; and others. [The board argued] that, in Nitschke’s contact with Brayley, he had a duty of care to try and stop Brayley from taking his own life.The recent news of the suspension of Philip Nitschke’s medical license pending the medical board of Australia’s investigations is good news. But many have asked: why has it taken so long?
The trigger issue for the medical board was the suicide death of Perth man, Nigel Brayley; Beyond Blue chairman, Jeff Kennett; and others. [The board argued] that, in Nitschke’s contact with Brayley, he had a duty of care to try and stop Brayley from taking his own life.The recent news of the suspension of Philip Nitschke’s medical license pending the medical board of Australia’s investigations is good news. But many have asked: why has it taken so long?
Nitschke has claimed that his contact with Brayley was not medical in nature and therefore created no onus upon him to attempt to stop Brayley. But a medical professional is a medical professional 24/7 and not simply during a scheduled clinical consultation. There are many professions in our community that hold some sort of mandated civic duty at all times; surely a doctor is no different?
That it has taken so long for the ubiquitous head of the Exit ‘death cult’ (as journalist Angela Shanahan called it) to find himself ‘in the dock’ is indeed a matter of some frustration for opponents, including this writer. That it eventually did happen was always a safe bet.
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