Aim Describe the reported lived experiences of nurses who have participated at any stage of
voluntary assisted dying (VAD), from the initial request to the end of life. Design A qualitative …

Background Voluntary assisted dying (VAD) became legal in the Australian state of Victoria
on 19 June 2019 and will be legal in Western Australia from 2021. Other Australian states …

Aim To provide an update on the international position of assisted dying legislation and its
implications for nursing policy. Background Assisted dying legislation has been introduced …

Background Like many countries where voluntary assisted dying (VAD) is legal, eligible
doctors in Victoria, Australia, have sole legal authority to provide it. Doctors' attitudes …

Objectives To investigate the perspectives of doctors involved with voluntary assisted dying
in Victoria regarding the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Vic) and its operation. Design …

Existing regulation of end-of-life care is flawed. Problems include poorly-designed laws,
policies, ethical codes, training, and funding programs, which often are neither effective nor …

Background: The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 passed into law in Victoria, Australia,
on the 29 November 2017. Internationally, nurses have been shown to be intimately …

Objective The aim of this study was to identify the challenges anticipated by clinical staff in
two Melbourne health services in relation to the legalisation of voluntary assisted dying in …

Context Older and seriously ill Australians are often admitted to hospital in the last year of
their life. The extent to which these individuals have considered important aspects of end-of …

Objectives Voluntary assisted dying (VAD) was legalized in Victoria, Australia, in June 2019.
Victoria was the first jurisdiction in the world to require doctors to undertake training before …