Advanced Consent Questioned for Voluntary Assisted Dying

Territorians condemn Finocchiaro gov’t for ‘gutless’ VAD delay

After waiting 27 years for a Restoring Territory Rights Bill to return their right to re-legislate voluntary assisted dying,  Northern Territorians are furious the Country-Liberal Party has moved to delay action. Suzanne James reports.

MPs, in disagreement with Article 4 of the Bill on Aid to Die, have tried to answer this question: at what stage of his illness will the patient be able to request the lethal product?

Advanced consent questioned for voluntary assisted dying

A community forum in Geraldton has reignited debate around one of the most sensitive issues in WA’s voluntary assisted dying laws — the role of consent.

What Does Consent Mean in Practice? A Lived Experience Perspective

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on our affiliate site, Mad in the UK. It was written by retired Emergency Physician Cathy Wield, and explores some of the issues raised in her recently published memoir, Unshackled Mind. Apparently, I consented to ECT. Apparently, I consented to psychosurgery, when I had part of my brain ablated in 2001; the operation was called a ‘bilateral anterior cingulotomy’. When I came to challenge this, I w…

After palliative care, MPs began reviewing the text on help to die. The philosophy of the text, the selected criteria and Emmanuel Macron's interventions raised questions.

Members have until 27 May to examine in open session the text on "helps to die", for which they exceptionally have freedom to vote.