When do words at an end-of-life decision constitute a crime? A law professor explains why lawmakers should act to clear up the gray area that remains.
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During a discussion on Q&A, author Nikki Gemmell said 80% of Australians and up to 70% of Catholics and Anglicans support euthanasia laws. Is that right?
There is a growing body of evidence available on how many people are using euthanasia and assisted dying laws in places where it is legal.
A Victorian legal precedent of how Nembutal can be used during palliative care provides more options for doctors to help their dying patients.
Health spent a lot of time in the spotlight in 2016. Medicare was a major issue in Australia’s federal election and numerous government reviews into health were announced and reported.
A bill may be released soon in Victoria so we should examine why the South Australian bill did not pass to see if any lessons can be learned for future bills.
There’s a problematic bias in the way that assisted suicide is portrayed in the media.
Proponents of assisted suicide, such as emeritus archbishop Desmond Tutu, argue that as people have the right to live with dignity, they also have the right to die with dignity.
Each suicide has a social, economic and cultural context. And unless these factors are considered alongside psychiatric care, steadily increasing suicide rates will not be curbed.
California now allows terminally ill people to end their lives. In the 2,800-year-old Jain tradition, individuals can choose to fast unto death, when it makes no sense to prolong suffering.
Why have Americans become more receptive to aid in dying, a practice that was rejected throughout the United States until Oregon changed course in 1997?
Where and how you have the right to legally end your life.
Two experts in medical ethics sum up some of the arguments for and against the bill.
The defeat of the Scottish Assisted Dying Bill may be a blow for supporters, but it is not terminal.
A recent ombudsman’s report suggests that most people are more concerned with end-of-life care than the right to end their lives.
The debate on the role of law and ethics at the end of life is an enduring one. In 1971, such debate was focused almost solely upon the Netherlands when a rural physician called Truus Postma facilitated…
In the week that parliament resumes debate on Lord Falconer’s assisted dying bill, we can expect further claims about whether the proposed legislation is compassionate. Greater clarity is needed in use…
Even before its second reading in the House of Lords, Lord Falconer’s assisted dying bill has been stirring up controversy. High level support for the bill from important religious leaders such as former…
A group of prominent disability campaigners has argued that legalising assisted suicide would make the lives of elderly and vulnerable disabled people worth less than the lives of ordinary people. However…
The Scottish Parliament prides itself in the number of visitors it receives. They might hope for a sighting of the first minister, but Margo MacDonald was the member the public was keenest to actually…
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Professor of Law, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Distinguished Professor, Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Healthcare and Medical Law, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Associate professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, University of Oxford
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Professor of Law, University of Essex
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Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Assistant Professor, Palliative Physician, Queen's University, Ontario
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Teaching Fellow, University of Surrey
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Senior Lecturer in Journalism, University of the West of England
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Lecturer in Health and Social Care Ethics, University of Oxford
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PhD Candidate, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Ethics and Health Law, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, Lecturer on Bioethics & Humanities at SUNY Upstate Medical University; and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine; Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Psychiatric Times., Tufts University