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ITEMS OF INTEREST
Anouncing the National Alliance
DWDQ is a proud member of the national alliance
of all State and Territory dying with dignity and
voluntary euthanasia societies: YourLastRight.com.
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Christians Supporting Choice for Voluntary Euthanasia
Christians who believe that, as a demonstration of love and compassion, those with a terminal or hopeless illness should have the option of a pain-free, peaceful and dignified death with
legal voluntary euthanasia.
Email: Contact us for details
Postal address: 429 Anzac Road, Port Pirie SA 5540
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MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION - FREE (PDF)
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Experts in palliative care welcome call for end-of-life changes
 EXPERTS in palliative and end-of-life care have welcomed a proposal from the Productivity Commission for improved funding for such services.
Yvonne Luxford, chief executive of advocacy group Palliative Care Australia, speaks for many: "It is vital that aged-care services are supported to better provide palliative and end-of-life care, both in residential facilities and the community."
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The Euthanasia Debate
Euthanasia can be translated to mean “good death.” The phrase is used in reference to the practice of ending a person’s life to alleviate suffering, offering relief to the person who is suffering from debilitating or painful diseases. In many cases, euthanasia is accomplished by simply removing life support machines, and allowing a patient’s body to give out on its own.
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Justice: 23.11.2010
German widower goes to court over assisted suicide
A 67-year-old widower has sued Germany in the European Court of Human Rights to overturn a ban on active assisted suicide. The man took his paraplegic wife to Switzerland because she wanted to end her life.
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ABC BACKGROUND BRIEFING — Sunday 17th January 2010
Assisted death (Listen)
The law in Australia may not have caught up with modern medicine, and doctors and the authorities are caught between a rock and a hard place. So argues Dr Rodney Syme, who refers to himself as a Christian Humanist. He says the current situation for people who are terminally ill and in great pain is a scandal. |
Welcome to Karuna
Karuna is a Brisbane-based charity that has been established since 1992. The organisation strives to bring comfort, support, care and peace of mind to those who are dying, as well as their carers and families.
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 Mother gets life for heroin death
A mother convicted of murdering her disabled son by injecting him with heroin in a "mercy killing" at a care home in Herts has been jailed for life. Frances Inglis, 57, of Dagenham, Essex, denied murdering Thomas Inglis, 22, on 21 November 2008 and an earlier attempt to kill him on 4 September 2007. But a jury at the Old Bailey found her guilty of both charges. She must serve a minimum of nine years.
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