Voluntary assisted dying : estimating life expectancy to determine eligibility

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NAHM, Sharon H. | STOCKLER, Martin R. | KIELY, Belinda E.

Victoria operationalised Australia’s first voluntary assisted dying (VAD) Act in June 2019, shortly followed by Western Australia. Since then, Tasmania, South Australia, Queensland and more recently New South Wales have passed similar Acts, with VAD to commence in all states in the next 18 months. The VAD Acts were designed to provide a safe legal framework for people with a terminal illness who wish to choose the manner and timing of their death. For a person to be eligible to access VAD, they must be diagnosed with a medical condition that is causing suffering that cannot be relieved in a manner that the person considers tolerable. In addition, eligibility requires doctors to document that the applicant’s life expectancy meets a particular criterion. There are differences among states in the exact wording of this requirement. [Début de l'article]

http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51648

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