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    Tag: Death and Dying

    Dr Nick Carr

    Federal Court rules VAD telehealth consults ‘an incitement to suicide’

    November 30, 2023

    A GP who took the Federal Attorney-General to court to secure legal protections for voluntary assisted dying telehealth consultations has lost his case. Dr Nick…

    Marlene Bevern: The story of Australia’s first VAD organ donor

    October 17, 2023

    Most organ donors do not choose when their liver or lungs are donated, but Marlene Bevern was a special case.  After being diagnosed with an…

    ‘First misuse’ of VAD drugs referred to coroner

    September 26, 2023

    An elderly man who died in Queensland has been dubbed the first Australian to misuse voluntary assisted dying laws by self-administering drugs prescribed for someone…

    Premier rejects bid to let doctors initiate VAD discussions with terminally ill patients

    July 5, 2023

    The legal ban on doctors initiating discussions on voluntary assisted dying with their patients in Victoria seems certain to remain, despite fresh complaints that it…

    Old man

    Losing weight ‘ups risk of death’ among healthy older patients

    April 11, 2023

    Healthy older adults who lose more than 10% of their body weight are more than twice as likely to die from any cause compared with…

    Dr Roger Hunt

    Ditch ‘VAD tourism’ ban, urges palliative care specialist

    March 1, 2023

    Bans on patients accessing voluntary euthanasia if they have recently moved states are “irrelevant” and should be ditched, says an adviser to Victoria’s landmark legislation.  When…

    Podcast: Something to satisfy your morbid fascination with forensic pathology

    February 8, 2023

    For those fascinated with death and the ways in which people die, a new podcast series delves into the case files of a veteran forensic…

    Managing a doctor’s grief after the death of their patient

    November 24, 2022

    After a loved one’s death, families often go to their GP for explanations on the cause of death, queries on whether the death could have…

    Dr Norman Swan apologises for linking cardiac death of Shane Warne to COVID-19

    November 17, 2022

    Dr Norman Swan has said he made a “terrible mistake” after suggesting that COVID-19 contributed to the cardiac deaths of cricket icon Shane Warne and…

    GPs urged to focus on fetal movement in first stillbirth clinical standard

    November 4, 2022

    GPs are being advised to routinely discuss fetal movements with pregnant women during antenatal visits and to create an action plan in the event they…

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