Go Gentle Australia posted this beautiful article on Facebook.. On the day he chose to die, Karl sat in an armchair in the garden of the home he still shared with ex-wife Francoise. “Karl had requested that I sing to him when he had his first injection. It was a song called Irene Goodnight, and […]
Victorian Hospitals, Palliative Care Units and Aged Care Homes against VAD
Terminally ill Victorians are being subjected to considerable stress and barriers when accessing voluntary assisted programs. A study published in the Medical Journal of Australia, found some hospitals, palliative care units and aged care homes in Victoria object to offering VAD (voluntary assisted dying) were also preventing patients from accessing outside help. Queensland University of […]
Dementia sufferers deserve the same right
Allow Australian’s to die with dignity by including “Dementia” in VAD says the godfather of Australia’s VAD regime: Dr Rodney Syme. In my view we must work to find a way to give relief to dementia sufferers from the fear and pain they ultimately will be unable to express. Dementia accounts for almost 10 per […]
Right To Die Denied
Melissa Cunningham in TheAge writes that people living in hospitals, palliative care units, health facilities and aged care homes are being denied their right to die. Institutional objection to euthanasia laws cause ‘emotional suffering’ for dying Gravely ill people seeking to take their own lives under Victoria’s assisted dying laws are being blocked by both […]
QUT: End of Life Law in Australia
Australian’s now have a one stop resource for information about End of Life Law in Australia from the Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) an initiative of the ACHLR, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. About QUT: End of Life Law in Australia (website) End of Life Law in Australia provides accurate, […]
