A GP says she won’t be silenced by the Medical Board of Australia after it attempted to gag her for speaking to the media about administering a lethal injection to one of her terminally ill patients.

Dr Alida Lancee says going public about her experiences was necessary to inform the debate on voluntary assisted dying reform.

But in its judgement, the board (read full story here) ruled that her comments threatened to undermine public confidence in the medical profession and argued she should be cautioned “to deter her from repeating similar conduct”.

Dr Lancee says it is an attack of doctors’ freedom of speech and she is ready to fight.