Dying with Dignity Category
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...
Meredith Doig
19 December 2016
Letter: Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Bill
The Hon. Jill Hennessy Minister for Health Victorian Parliament. 13 September 2016 Dear Minister, ...
Meredith Doig
13 September 2016
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...
Meredith Doig
24 August 2016
Duty and Courage
The Editor, The Age Dear Sir, Progress in human affairs has always been achieved by the courageous. Think Martin...
Meredith Doig
08 March 2016
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...
Chris Fotinopoulos
05 December 2015
“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...
Meredith Doig
17 November 2015
The Diary of John Baylis
83 year old Darwin man John Baylis died from the ravages of Motor Neuron Disease on 5th March 2015....
Meredith Doig
17 November 2015
Palliative Care: Rhetoric and Reality
THE following address was given by Dr Rodney Syme, Vice President of Dying With Dignity Victoria, to the 2015...
Meredith Doig
16 October 2015