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We don't need greater access to Nembutal to achieve good end-of-life care

  • Written by Paul Komesaroff, Professor of Medicine, Monash University
imageBarbiturates have been used for several purposes including to treat sleep disorders, epilepsy and traumatic brain injury – as well as in anaesthesia and psychiatry.from shutterstock.com

In recent discussions about legalising euthanasia, the drug best known under its American brand name Nembutal has been widely promoted by advocates as a...

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