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Voluntary Assisted Dying: Solution or Problem?

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18.01.2022 The Victorian parliament has today passed a bill to legalise physician assisted dying. The bill passed the lower house 47 votes to 37, but still has to pass the upper house when sitting resumes next month. If it does pass into law, terminally ill people over the age of 18 with less than a year to live will be able to access drugs to end their life.

16.01.2022 A bill to enable medically assisted death will be introduced to the Victorian Parliament before the end of 2017. Under the Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Act, people suffering an advanced and incurable illness, medical condition or disease will be able to seek a medically assisted death from 2019. How do you view the introduction of Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation from your perspective as a clinician?... Personal information will not be collected from this conversation however it would be extremely beneficial to know which professional discipline you belong to. Please indicate in your response.