Medical Observer Opinion

Is Vic's voluntary assisted dying system ready?

Professor Ben White
Professor Ben White
Professor White is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the Queensland University of Technology and a director of the Australian Centre for Health Law Research.
11th June 2019

Voluntary assisted dying becomes a lawful choice for Victorians from June 19.

terminally ill patient

To be eligible, two doctors must assess a person to have an incurable, advanced and progressive medical condition that will cause death within six months

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