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Up to 250 doctors sign on to deliver new assisted dying laws
NSW residents with a terminal illness will be able to legally choose the timing of their death from next month.
- by Alexandra Smith
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‘Intolerable corruption’: Anglicans warn euthanasia may force exit from aged care
As voluntary assisted dying edges closer and churches balance their legal obligations and religious objections, the Anglican Church wants its aged care homes to dissuade residents.
- by Jordan Baker
Assisted dying schemes do not protect doctors from prosecution: A-G
Lawyers for Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus say it is illegal to use a “carriage service” to facilitate suicide - even in state-regulated euthanasia schemes.
- by Sean Parnell
Brian cracked his final joke. Then he died: Qld marks six months of euthanasia
After years in the sun, and countless operations for cancer, the once-energetic and always joke-cracking builder became one of several Queenslanders to access voluntary euthanasia.
- by Felicity Caldwell
‘People dying during the process’: The push to free up Victoria’s euthanasia laws
Monday will mark the start of the fifth year of the state’s euthanasia laws, but advocates say Victoria has fallen behind other states.
- by Melissa Cunningham
Euthanasia law review must consider the thorny issue of dementia
Many in the community want voluntary assisted dying laws broadened.
- by The Age's View
Opinion
Opinion
‘Slow torture’: Readers tell how dementia experience shaped their views on voluntary assisted dying
Dementia is the most common cause of death for Australian women and the second most common cause overall, but the nation has no provision for people living with it to choose their time of death. Our readers shared their thoughts and experiences.
- by Michael Bachelard
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Opinion
Voluntary assisted dying should not be available to dementia patients
Older Australians should not have to choose between doctor-assisted death and a reasonable standard of care.
- by David Ames and John Obeid
It kills almost 10 per cent of Australians. But dementia patients have no say in how they die
As Victoria’s landmark voluntary assisted dying legislation comes up for review, doctors, families and patients are calling for the scheme to be expanded to include people with dementia.
- by Melissa Cunningham and Henrietta Cook
Does prolonging a life mean more than the quality of that life?
Our dog Denis had a good, long life. And we had a good life because of him.
- by Warwick McFadyen
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Dementia
My mother-in-law chose to die with dignity. Dementia sufferers deserve the same right
Descending through dementia’s seven stages into a “catastrophic vegetative state” is a terrifying prospect. Yet Voluntary Assisted Dying is not an option.
- by Michael Bachelard