Dr Philip Nitschke rejects claims woman inside his death pod may have been strangled
Dr Philip Nitschke has dismissed claims reportedly made by a Swiss prosecutor that the first woman to die in his death pod showed signs of…
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‘We saw jerky twitches of the muscles’: Dr Philip Nitschke on the first death inside his euthanasia pod
Dr Philip Nitschke’s controversial suicide pod — dubbed the Tesla of euthanasia — has reportedly been used for the first time, triggering several arrests by…
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…
Six months to live: The prognosis problem facing VAD laws
Sydney oncologists are calling for legal changes so doctors involved are protected.
Doctors, death and Hamlet: A consummation devoutly to be wished?
Shakespeare lived well before the rise of modern medicine. The physicians who make brief appearances in his plays were little more than quacks. But his…
Doctors-in-training free to prescribe euthanasia drugs in VAD reform
AMA Queensland says it is concerned that non-specialists will be able to make critical life-or-death decisions.
More than 16 people undergo VAD a month
101 Victorians accessed the state's assisted dying laws in the first six months of 2021, shows latest report.
‘Our fear of dying does not justify medical homicide’
Dr David van Gend says efforts to legalise voluntary assisted dying is an 'assault by state ideology against religious liberty'.
‘I don’t fear God’s judgement’: Catholic doctor on why he now supports euthanasia
Oncologist Dr Phillip Parente reflects on balancing his faith with his involvement with the Victorian voluntary assisted dying scheme.
‘Pedantic’: Doctors on working in Victoria’s euthanasia regime
However, researchers stressed some valued the safeguards in place
