Coroner blasts VAD after patient’s spouse took lethal drugs instead
The suicide death of a Queenslander who took assisted dying drugs intended for their spouse has “fatally exposed” the state’s voluntary euthanasia laws, a coroner…
Tag: Voluntary Assisted Death
Around 4000 patients dying of cancer have applied for voluntary assisted dying
Almost 2500 terminally ill Australians have chosen to end their lives using voluntary assisted dying in the five years since the scheme’s introduction, a report…
Are you ready if your next patient asks you about voluntary assisted dying?
Voluntary assisted dying (VAD) is now available for patients who fit legal and health criteria in all six states of Australia, and will be available…
Around 1% of all deaths in Australia a result of voluntary assisted dying, new report says
Almost 2500 terminally ill Australians have chosen to end their lives using voluntary assisted dying in the five years since the scheme’s introduction, a report…
Over 100 patients choose to end their lives in first three months of new laws
More than 100 people have been helped to end their own lives in the first three months since Voluntary Assisted Dying was made legal in…
Voluntary assisted dying is not a form of suicide
Voluntary assisted dying is now lawful in every Australian state and will soon begin in the ACT. However, it’s illegal to discuss it via telehealth.…
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…
Doctor explains why he charges $400 for attending VAD deaths
At the beginning Dr Cam McLaren provided voluntary assisted dying services to terminally ill patients for free, as an altruistic act given the pain and…
Her illness was torture but her death was lovely: Why we need more GPs to become VAD doctors
Having passed my preclinical training at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School in Paddington, London, in 1970, I enthusiastically hit the wards of the hospital. However,…
Euthanasia doctors forced to charge terminally ill patients fees for access to VAD
Some doctors have begun charging fees for voluntary assisted dying care, raising concerns the cost could become prohibitive for “vulnerable” patients. It is taking at…
