‘What I would choose’: I’m not the only doctor ready to talk about dementia and VAD
I was astonished to see how many comments were made about my opinion piece on dementia and dying with dignity.
As of this week, 51 have been published.
I need to declare that I have ‘skin in the game’ — a bad family history of Alzheimer’s disease and one ApoE gene.
Campaigner Marjorie Lawrence played a major role in having the VAD law introduced in Queensland. Ever since the law was passed, she has advocated for something to be done about dementia. She contacted me about my earlier article, writing, in part:
