The newsletter of Dying with Dignity Victoria, Australia.

During the debate, Pyne made several misleading assertions. Other debaters had to correct the Minister. Mr Neil Francis, President of Dying With Dignity Victoria, said “This poll delivers an unambiguous message to Canberra—one that can’t be ignored.

The latest developments on assisted dying in Europe.

Under Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act (DWDA), terminally-ill adult Oregonians are allowed to obtain and use prescriptions from their physicians for self-administered, lethal medications. The Oregon Public Health Division is required by the Act to collect 粑

The proposals for law reform put forward by DWDV in a Legislative Charter posted at [link http://www.dwdv.org.au/Docs/DWDVLegislativeCharter.pdf]http://www.dwdv.org.au/Docs/DWDVLegislativeCharter.pdf[/link] have already been endorsed by the Australian Nur粑

The Australian organizations listed below, seeking law reform to permit patient choice for a medically assisted death, call upon Palliative Care Australia to acknowledge its responsibility to all suffering people under its care ...

Dr. Jack Kevorkian will be granted parole from a prison in Michigan on June 1, the time when he would be eligible to be considered...

Mr. Welby, 60, had his wish fulfilled by Dr. Mario Ricci who sedated him then disconnected his respirator; Welby died shortly thereafter on December 20.