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The Commonwealth Criminal Code restricts the use of carriage services to access voluntary assisted dying in Victoria: a perspective.
Furness, Kate; Howe, Jim; Chipman, Mitchell; Parsotam, Nirasha; O'Connor, Margaret.
Afiliação
  • Furness K; Safer Care Victoria, 50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Vic. 3000, Australia; and Department of Nursing and Allied Health, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University, John Street, Hawthorn, Vic. 3122, Australia.
  • Howe J; Safer Care Victoria, 50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Vic. 3000, Australia; and School of Rural Health, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Vic. 3800, Australia.
  • Chipman M; Safer Care Victoria, 50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Vic. 3000, Australia; and School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Vic. 3800, Australia; and Victorian Breast and Oncology Care, 166 Gipps Street, East Melbourne, Vic. 3002,
  • Parsotam N; Safer Care Victoria, 50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Vic. 3000, Australia; and Health Innovation Program, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia; and Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Asia-Pacific Region, Melbourn
  • O'Connor M; Safer Care Victoria, 50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Vic. 3000, Australia; and School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Vic. 3800, Australia; and Melbourne City Mission Palliative Care, 230 Normanby Avenue, Thornbury, Vic. 3071
Aust Health Rev ; 47(1): 64-66, 2023 Feb.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36455872
A major barrier to Victorians with a terminal illness accessing voluntary assisted dying is the Commonwealth Criminal Code Amendment (Suicide Related Material Offences ) 2005 (the Code), which prohibits the use of any electronic forms of communication when discussing suicide. The proliferation of telehealth as a means of access to medical practitioners as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the anachronistic prohibition of such communication in relation to voluntary assisted dying, particularly in Victoria, as the federal law arguably prohibits its use. In this paper we explore the definition of suicide and its application to voluntary assisted dying and argue for a revision of the Code, to enable equitable and timely access to voluntary assisted dying for people of Victoria.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Suicídio Assistido / Criminosos / COVID-19 Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Suicídio Assistido / Criminosos / COVID-19 Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article