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From Oregon to Belgium to Victoria – the different ways suffering patients are allowed to die

  • Written by Wendy Bonython, Associate professor, University of Canberra
imageVictoria's model is pretty conservative compared to other jurisdictions that have legalised euthanasia or assisted dying.from shutterstock.com

Australia will, from mid-2019, once again join the list of countries that have legalised a person’s right to die if he or she is suffering unbearably. This comes after Victoria became the first state...

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