Doctors in US Show Majority Support for Physican Assisted Dying
A recent study in the U.S shows that more Physicians are voicing their support for Physician Assisted Dying. With public support up to 80% in Australian States and Territories we…
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NZ Referendum – Overwhelming YES to End of Life Choice Act
New Zealand has voted resoundingly in favour of legalising euthanasia, preliminary referendum results show. With an estimated 17 per cent of votes still to be counted, 65.2 per cent voted…
An opinion on Carriage Service
An amendment to the Crimes Act ’474.29A Using a carriage service for suicide related material …’ made it an offence to use, for example, telephone, email, or video-link to promote…
Anti-VAD Story Removed
The family of an elderly Victorian woman who chose to end her life through voluntary assisted dying has responded to the author and publishers of an article that they believe grossly misrepresents their mother’s death.
Implications of the Federal Carriage Service Act for VAD in Australia
In its report of February this year, the Victorian Voluntary Assisted Dying Board expressed concern about the impact of sections 474.29A and 474.29B of the Commonwealth Criminal Code 1995as amended…
Honouring Patients’ Advance Care Directives
Dying with Dignity Victoria encourages everyone to complete an Advance Care Directive, providing information and several resources to assist people to do so. In this process, there are two important additional…
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