Tag: Dr Stephen Parnis
Doctors “not vending machines” says physician-advocate for ethical medicine
Long-established pillars of medical ethics, such as to do good and not to intentionally do harm, remain a “daily compass” for clinicians, but “it has never been more onerous to practice ethically than it is today,” said emergency physician Dr Stephen Parnis in the Australian Catholic University’s 2025 Plunkett Lecture.
Defending conscience in healthcare
In the face of renewed attacks on conscientious objection in healthcare, we must recognise that the profound view of conscience we hold in the West is a human achievement—not just an artefact of the church. Emergency physician Dr Stephen Parnis, well-known for his public defence of clinicians’ right to stand on their beliefs, will defend the role of conscience in healthcare in his 2025 Plunkett Lecture on 5 November at ACU North Sydney.
