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Is assisted dying available equally to all in NZ? Questions next year’s review of the law must answer

Jessica Young, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Aida Dehkhoda, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, and Jeanne Snelling, University of Otago

Two years after the law came into force, just 40% of the 1,441 New Zealanders who applied for an assisted death were able to have one. Next year’s review has important questions to answer.
Critics of assisted suicide often raise moral objections while proponents focus on the trauma of terminally ill patients. But all arguments have a long history. from www.shutterstock.com

As NZ votes on euthanasia bill, here is a historical perspective on a ‘good death’

Catherine Abou-Nemeh, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

The arguments in favour or against euthanasia have a long history, going back to the Hippocratic oath that doctors still swear today.

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  1. Assisted suicide
  2. Dying
  3. End of life
  4. Euthanasia
  5. Good death
  6. medically assisted death
  7. New Zealand
  8. physician assisted death

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