by Dr Roland Chia | May 15, 2017 | Pulse
May 2017 Pulse One of the reasons that the National Council of Churches of Singapore gave for rejecting physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and euthanasia in its 2008 statement is that these actions are “against the very ethos of medical practice”. The betrayal of...
by Bishop Emeritus Dr Robert M Solomon (PhD, Edinburgh) | Jul 4, 2016 | Feature
July 2016 Feature Article A statement made by a former archbishop of the Church of England in July 2014 caused quite a stir among Christians, not only in his own denomination, but also among others. Retired archbishop George Carey commented on how his views about...
by Ethos Institute | Sep 4, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
As I write this essay, a woman’s body is shutting down from starvation and dehydration because of the decision made by her husband and a court order issued by Florida judge, George Greer. Terri Schiavo collapsed on 25 February, 1990, when her heart stopped...
by Ethos Institute | May 3, 2015 | Feature
May 2015 Feature Article Many reasons are being offered to support making euthanasia (meaning “good death”) and assisted suicide legal. Some arise from sensitivity to the suffering of terminally ill patients, who desire to end their sufferings by speeding up their...
by Joshua Woo | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
On 9 March 2013, Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon chose euthanasia as the topic of his lecture to the Singapore Medical Association. CJ Menon’s main argument in his wide-ranging lecture is that it is mainly for Parliament to decide on whether euthanasia or...
