世界医師会は安楽死への反対スタンス堅持、カナダ医師会は脱退
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About five minutes before I was about to entrust this newsletter to MailChimp, I heard that the Canadian Medical Association had just withdrawn from the World Medical Association after the WMA's annual meeting in Reykjavík.
About five minutes before I was about to entrust this newsletter to MailChimp, I heard that the Canadian Medical Association had just withdrawn from the World Medical Association after the WMA's annual meeting in Reykjavík.
The CMA said that the trigger for this dramatic turn of events was the highly unethical behaviour of the incoming president of the WMA, Dr Leonid Eidelman. It accused Dr Eidelman of plagiarism. This was true and not very smart. A few sentences in Dr Eidelman’s inaugural address to the assembly had been lifted from the inaugural address of a former president of the CMA, Dr Chris Simpson. Since Dr Simpson was one of the CMA’s delegates in Reykjavík, it was highly unlikely that this would go unnoticed. Apparently other passages had also been copied from “various websites, blogs and news articles, without appropriate attribution to the authors”.
"As an organization that holds itself as the arbiter of medical ethics at the global level, the WMA has failed to uphold its own standards,” said Dr Gigi Osler, the current CMA president. “The CMA cannot, in all good conscience, continue to be a member of such an organization.”
The WMA Council and the Assembly accepted an apology from Dr Eidelman. He said that he had relied upon speechwriters – a plausible excuse, as he is a Latvian who emigrated to Israel and who speaks English with a heavy accent.
This is not the first time that a WMA president has been accused of moral failings. The immediate past president, Dr Ketan Desai, was elected while facing criminal charges for corruption in India. At the time, medical ethicist Art Caplan urged the WMA to ditch him as morally compromised. It didn’t.
So the Canadians’ reaction seems disproportionate. It is more likely that it was prompted by the WMA’s firm opposition to euthanasia, which the CMA vigorously supports. One of the CMA delegates, Dr Jeff Blackmer, posted a bitter tweet about the irony that an unethical plagiarist had once openly criticised him for being unethical in backing euthanasia.
No doubt euthanasia will continue to split the medical profession. Any comments from readers?
【16日追記】
Popeが、この話題を拾って、MAiDに対して医療職団体に中立と支持が広がっていると、
具体的に団体名を上げている。
http://medicalfutility.blogspot.com/2018/10/american-academy-of-family-physicians.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MedicalFutilityBlog+%28Medical+Futility+Blog%29
Popeが、この話題を拾って、MAiDに対して医療職団体に中立と支持が広がっていると、
具体的に団体名を上げている。
http://medicalfutility.blogspot.com/2018/10/american-academy-of-family-physicians.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MedicalFutilityBlog+%28Medical+Futility+Blog%29
それによると、中立を表明しているのが、
the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine,
Washington Academy of Family Physicians,
American Pharmacists Association,
Oncology Nursing Association,
California Medical Association,
California Hospice and Palliative Care Association,
Colorado Medical Society,
Maine Medical Association,
Maryland State Medical Society,
Massachusetts Medical Society,
Medical Society of the District of Columbia,
Minnesota Medical Association,
Missouri Hospice & Palliative Care Association,
Nevada State Medical Association,
Oregon Medical Association,
Vermont Medical Society,
Hospice and Palliative Care Council of Vermont,
Washington Academy of Family Physicians,
and Washington State Psychological Association.
Washington Academy of Family Physicians,
American Pharmacists Association,
Oncology Nursing Association,
California Medical Association,
California Hospice and Palliative Care Association,
Colorado Medical Society,
Maine Medical Association,
Maryland State Medical Society,
Massachusetts Medical Society,
Medical Society of the District of Columbia,
Minnesota Medical Association,
Missouri Hospice & Palliative Care Association,
Nevada State Medical Association,
Oregon Medical Association,
Vermont Medical Society,
Hospice and Palliative Care Council of Vermont,
Washington Academy of Family Physicians,
and Washington State Psychological Association.
支持を表明しているのが、
the American College of Legal Medicine,
American Medical Student Association,
American Medical Women’s Association,
American Nurses Association of California,
American Public Health Association,
GLMA: Healthcare Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality,
and New York State Academy of Family Physicians
American Medical Student Association,
American Medical Women’s Association,
American Nurses Association of California,
American Public Health Association,
GLMA: Healthcare Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality,
and New York State Academy of Family Physicians
