Photo: ODT filesThe End of Life Choice Act tells doctors how to do their jobs. Doctors are not all-knowing (I don’t own a Pensieve, and I don’t think any of my colleagues do either). Doctors don’t have a magic spell which they can cast to reveal the presence of coercion, and without such a spell we can never be entirely certain that a person is free. Sadly, doctors are not able to read minds to determine why a patient does what they do or to make sense of their choices. Doctors cannot take a magic potion which gives them knowledge and experience, temporarily to solve the dilemma in front of them.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 12, 2020 15:22 UTC