Not just our ethical credibility as a profession, but our shared humanity
Aug 30, 2016•13 min
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Episode description
"I say to all Australian doctors - young, old, the political and the apolitical - that on this depends not just our ethical credibility as a profession, but our shared humanity. "
Following the leaked emails published in The Guardian newspaper, alleging abuse of asylum seekers detained by the Australian government on the Pacific island of Nauru, David Berger joins us again to say it is time that doctors take a stand and march to protest against this treatment.
Read his full editorial:
http://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i4606
Listen to the head to head debating if doctors should boycott working at the detention centres:
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