Pro Life Pro Euthanasia
A woman whose terminally ill husband lobbied hard for assisted dying to be legalised in Victoria is “over the moon” the controversial laws will come into effect from today Wednesday June 19, 2019. Former Shell Coles Express managing director Peter Short, 57, died in 2014 in palliative care after being given terminal sedation for oesophageal […]
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 … [Read More...]
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 … [Read More...]
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 … [Read More...]
