AMA Position Statement on Voluntary Assisted Dying
In November 2016, the Australian Medical Association, which represents about a third of medicos in this country, updated its Position Statement on what it …
Letter: Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Bill
The Hon. Jill Hennessy Minister for Health Victorian Parliament. [space height=”30″] 13 September 2016 [space height=”30″] Dear Minister, The Rationalist Society of Australia …
Are we asking the wrong questions on Dying With Dignity?
Television producer and performer Andrew Denton has provided us all with some useful and important information about voluntary euthanasia in his podcast series and …
Duty and Courage
The Editor, The Age Dear Sir, Progress in human affairs has always been achieved by the courageous. Think Martin Luther King, the suffragettes, our …
The right to die at home
RSA board member Chris Fotinopoulos reflects on where we might want to die. Source: The right to die at home | The Saturday Paper …
“Damn you to hell, Kevin Andrews”
John Baylis of Darwin suffered from motor neuron disease, a progressive condition involving degeneration and wasting of the muscles. He died of it on 5 …
The Diary of John Baylis
83 year old Darwin man John Baylis died from the ravages of Motor Neuron Disease on 5th March 2015. This is an exact extract …
Palliative Care: Rhetoric and Reality
THE following address was given by Dr Rodney Syme, Vice President of Dying With Dignity Victoria, to the 2015 Annual General Meeting of the …