Death certificates can come back to haunt you: a real-world case
Put your hand up if you got the memo that the date of dementia diagnosis was a good idea to include on a death certificate.…
Tag: Death and Dying
‘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…
I don’t want other people wiping my bottom: Let people with dementia die with dignity
It’s been suggested that advance care directives and ‘dying with dignity’ be merged so that people, when competent, can direct what they want to happen…
MP to introduce bill to remove ban on doctors discussing VAD via telehealth
Legislation to remove a ban on doctors discussing voluntary assisted dying with patients during telehealth consultations will be introduced into federal Parliament. Independent Kate Chaney…
Federal Court rules VAD telehealth consults ‘an incitement to suicide’
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
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
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
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…
Losing weight ‘ups risk of death’ among healthy older patients
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…
Ditch ‘VAD tourism’ ban, urges palliative care specialist
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…
