Resources

Our Submissions to Inquiries

DWDV Submissions to Inquiries Dying With Dignity Victoria responds to Government inquiries relevant to our purpose. Copies of past submissions can be viewed and downloaded here: Submission to the NT Parliamentary Inquiry...

Information for Consumers and Caregivers

On this page, we share resources that may be helpful to you in connection with seeking VAD, including practical tips if you are seeking information about VAD but not sure where to...

Books, Films and Podcasts

On this page we share a range of resources that may be of interest for you in connection with end-of-life choices. Whether factual to fictional, we hope among them you will find...

Witnesses and Contact people

The most formal part of the Victorian Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) process is what’s called the written declaration. This has to be observed by two adult witnesses. It is at this time...

Voluntary Refusal of Food and Fluid (VRFF)

The late Dr Rodney Syme included this note as Appendix A in “A Completed Life”, a book completed by him in 2019 and published by DWDV. “… It shows that, with suitable...

Arguments Supporting VAD

Evidence-Based Law Making on Voluntary Assisted Dying Professors Ben White and Lindy Willmot, (QUT Australian Centre for Health Law Research) have drawn attention to their previously published article in the Australian Health...

Supporting Organisations

These organisations also support, campaign and advocate for voluntary assisted dying and end-of-life choices. Dying With Dignity Victoria also gratefully acknowledges the following organisations which supported its efforts to achieve the Voluntary...