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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?
‘Lay carers’ could be given the power to administer pain medication to the terminally ill at home.
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.
Just because a person is dying does not mean that he or she is in a state of panic. Here’s an example of how one woman, through a well-lived life, remained at peace as she faced death.
Bucket lists can have unintended (sometimes fatal) consequences.
Palliative care should be a time of shared care; when the doctor continues treating their patient’s disease while symptom control and preparation for death track alongside.
Let’s consider some of the oft-voiced concerns and whether they’re justified.
There are things parents can do to make managing a child’s illness easier and more stress-free.
Condition that affects appetite of terminally ill means difficulties for those who want to show their love through food.
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…
In the last six months Colorado, Louisiana, Missouri, Michigan and, most recently, Arizona have passed “right to try” laws that allow terminally ill patients to access treatments that have only passed…
On November 4, the state of Arizona will decide whether to join Colorado, Missouri, Louisiana and Michigan in passing so-called right to try laws. If passed, the “Arizona Terminal Patients’ Right To Try…
“I want an untamed, beautiful death. So I think we should have a competition in dying, sort of like Halloween costumes,” wrote Anatole Broyard in his pathography, Intoxicated by my Illness, written in…
Lord Falconer’s assisted dying bill would allow registered doctors to take steps to help mentally competent adult patients to end their own lives, but only in certain circumstances. One of these circumstances…
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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 Law, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Ontario Research Chair in Bioethics and Public Policy, Queen's University, Ontario
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Assistant Professor of Palliative Medicine, Aga Khan University
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Emeritus professor, Southern Cross University
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Ethics and Health Law, University of Newcastle
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Wellcome Trust Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Professor of Applied Health Research, University of Stirling
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Associate professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Palliative Medicine Physician, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Medicine, University of Florida
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Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Deputy Head of Research, School of Healthcare Sciences and Professor of General Practice, Bangor University
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Chair of Nursing Research, Queen's University Belfast