When it comes to legislating voluntary euthanasia in Australia, success is rare and short lived. The Tasmanian Voluntary Assisted Dying bill is the latest such piece of euthanasia legislation to be defeated…
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First case of voluntary euthanasia for a child has taken place. But there are fundamental issues with this procedure.
ABC’s Four Corners tonight is about a young man who has decided to end his life after 36 years of suffering a debilitating illness. But because euthanasia is illegal in Australia, he has to apply to another…
Hard cases, it has been said, make bad law. They also prompt us to ask deeper questions about wider causes and longer term ethical consequences - and this is particularly pressing when it comes to assisted…
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…
A report we recently prepared with independent think tank Australia21 calls for state governments to institute laws allowing and regulating voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide – in defined and limited…
Voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide are never far from the public spotlight. But we still haven’t had an honest and open debate about this issue in Australia. End-of-life matters crop up from time…
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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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Associate professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Emeritus professor, Southern Cross University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Medicine, Deakin University
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Professor of Medicine, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Law (Health Law), Deakin University
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Associate Professor of History, CQUniversity Australia
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Chen Su Lan Centennial Professor in Medical Ethics, National University of Singapore; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, University of Reading
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Professor of Healthcare and Medical Law, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Senior Pediatrician-neonatologist, Beatrix Children Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen
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Senior Research Fellow, Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford