ABC’s Four Corners tonight is about a young man who has decided to end his life after 36 years of suffering a debilitating illness. But because euthanasia is illegal in Australia, he has to apply to another…
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Hard cases, it has been said, make bad law. They also prompt us to ask deeper questions about wider causes and longer term ethical consequences - and this is particularly pressing when it comes to assisted…
Lord Falconer’s assisted dying bill would allow registered doctors to take steps to help mentally competent adult patients to end their own lives, but only in certain circumstances. One of these circumstances…
A report we recently prepared with independent think tank Australia21 calls for state governments to institute laws allowing and regulating voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide – in defined and limited…
Voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide are never far from the public spotlight. But we still haven’t had an honest and open debate about this issue in Australia. End-of-life matters crop up from time…
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Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Law, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland University of Technology
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Emeritus professor, Southern Cross University
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Associate professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Law, Deakin University
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Associate Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Professor of Medicine, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Medicine, Deakin University
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Reader in Nursing Ethics, University of Surrey
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Criminology, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University
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Adjunct Research Fellow in Bioethics, Monash University
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Lecturer in Health and Social Care Ethics, University of Oxford
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Research Fellow/Senior Study Coordinator, Monash University
