Victorian euthanasia guide encourages doctor-shopping
The Victorian Department of Health and Human Services has released an information pack for those considering euthanasia and assisted suicide.
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New Zealand doctors face-off over euthanasia bill
When New Zealand Parliament’s Justice Select Committee was commissioned to report on David Seymour MP’s End of Life Choice Bill, nothing could have prepared them for the record number of submissions they received.
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Advance Care Plans can reduce calls for euthanasia
This week is National Advance Care Planning Week, an initiative of Advance Care Planning Australia.
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Reasons people are being euthanised without consent
Western Australia’s Report on the Joint Select Committee on End of Life Choices, suggested that legalising euthanasia reduces the risk of patients being put to death without their consent.
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Indigenous Australians deserve the same care as non Indigenous Australians
Recent reports on record levels of suicides amongst Indigenous Australians have brought into focus the seriousness of comments made by euthanasia activists in Western Australia about how to deal with the lack of health care in remote, largely Indigenous, communities in that state.
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Public hospitals full, yet Qld euthanasia inquiry continues
“Queenslanders are being urged by the state's Health Minister not to go hospital unless it a medical emergency, with almost every public facility in the south-east at capacity.”
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Five reasons you need to make a submission to the Qld inquiry
There are less than three weeks left to make a submission to the Queensland inquiry into aged care, end-of-life and palliative care and voluntary assisted dying. If you haven’t made a submission yet, then here are five reasons to encourage you to do so!
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WA Medical Association slams rushed euthanasia laws
Western Australia’s leading medical body has slammed the WA Government’s intention to rush through euthanasia and assisted suicide laws in the next six months.
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Will the WA Committee change its report?
Western Australia’s Report on the Joint Select Committee on End of Life Choices, released in August of last year, made the following finding:
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The “myth” of a pain free euthanasia death
The myth that an assisted suicide death is always a peaceful (and superior) alternative to palliative care at the end of life is beginning to unravel as more and more information about what actually goes on in euthanasia deaths is revealed.
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