Hospitals and Healthcare

Proponents of legalising assisted dying are right to stop and think of the possible unintended consequences

Descending through dementia’s seven stages into a “catastrophic vegetative state” is a terrifying prospect. Yet Voluntary Assisted Dying is not an option.

The End of Life Choice Act has come into effect, easing the burden for the terminally ill.

Cindy Siegel Shepler had several chronic disease diagnoses and lived with severe pain and fatigue for decades. In choosing legal assisted death, she hoped to provide an example for Americans about a death with dignity.

When voluntary assisted dying becomes legal next year in Australia's Victoria, there will be some key ethical considerations says University of Melbourne expert

Margaret Radmore has spent her life watching people die. Now, she is facing her own mortality. She knows she doesn't want to endure the same pain. 

Dementia is the most common cause of death for Australian women and the second most common cause overall, but the nation has no provision for people living with it to choose their time of death. Our readers shared their thoughts and experiences.

Jos Hall watched with interest this week as the highly charged issue of death as mercy played out in Brisbane’s Supreme Court via an attempted murder trial. It so easily could have been her.

'I said everything I could possibly think of to say. '

From Wednesday, those with a terminal illness will be able to ask doctors for drugs that will allow them to end their life