End-of-Life Choices Presentation
We are pleased to be able to provide you with an online presentation on End-of Life Choices. The presentation covers the issues of Advance Care Planning, the appointment of a…
News from Victoria
Victorian parliament to consider telehealth in voluntary euthanasia laws
L-R: Hugh Sarjeant (DWDV President), Stuart Grimley MP, Nick Carr, Journalist) Laws currently prevent doctors and their patients from discussing euthanasia due to federal rules that prohibit people to "incite…
Push for telehealth video-link consultations for assisted dying cases
Doctors would be allowed to use telehealth to conduct appointments about voluntary assisted dying, and the threshold for who can access euthanasia could be lowered under a crossbench plan to…
Dr Cameron McLaren
Palliative care service criticised over failure to verify euthanasia deaths
Dr Cameron McLaren A large Victorian palliative care organisation is refusing to verify the deaths of patients who have died at home under the state’s voluntary assisted dying laws in…
Telehealth ban for voluntary assisted dying makes life, and death, difficult for the terminally ill in the country
Carol Onley, 66, is dying. She's leaving behind unfinished paintings in her "she-shed", a loving extended family, and a supportive partner. "More than 10 years ago now, I had my…
VAD Telehealth Issue Raised in Victorian Parliament
Stuart Grimley Vic. Leader of Derryn Hinch's Justice Party, directed a question, in Parliament, to the Minister for Health, The Hon. Martin Foley. The question concerned the issue of the Commonwealth…
