Connect
MJA
MJA

"Death talk": debating euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Australia

Roger W Hunt, Malcolm Parker, Rodney A Syme, Julia M Anaf, Clem F Nommensen, Frances J Coombe and Margaret A Somerville
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (1): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05426.x
Published online: 7 July 2003

Roger W Hunt


  • 700 Goodwood Road, Daws Park, SA 2041.


Correspondence: 

Competing interests:

R A S is President of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society of Victoria.

  • 1. Somerville MA. "Death talk": debating euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Australia. Med J Aust 2003; 178: 171-174. <MJA full text>
  • 2. Somerville MA. "Death talk": debating euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Australia. Med J Aust 2003; 178: 171-174. <MJA full text>
  • 3. Somerville M. "Death talk": debating euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Australia. Med J Aust 2003; 178: 171-174. <MJA full text>
  • 4. Hurst SA, Mauron A. Assisted suicide and euthanasia in Switzerland: allowing a role for non-physicians. BMJ 2003; 326: 271-273.
  • 5. Hedberg K, Hopkins D, Kohn M. Five years of legal physician-assisted suicide in Oregon. N Engl J Med 2003; 348: 961-964.
  • 6. Somerville M. "Death talk": debating euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Australia. Med J Aust 2003; 178: 171-174. <MJA full text>
  • 7. South Australia Voluntary Euthanasia Society. Medical support for voluntary euthanasia. VE Bulletin 2002; 19(2). Available at: http://www.saves.asn.au/resources/newsletter/jul2002/index.htm (accessed May 2003).
  • 8. Magnusson R. Angels of death: exploring the euthanasia underground. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2002.
  • 9. Somerville MA. "Death talk": debating euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Australia. Med J Aust 2003: 178: 171-174. <MJA full text>
  • 10. Australian Medical Association policy and issues: medical ethics [website]. Available at: http://www.ama.com.au/web.nsf/topic/policy-medical-ethics (accessed June 2003).
  • 11. Roy Morgan Research. Voluntary euthanasia survey — summary findings. 2002. Available at: http://www.vesv.org.au/pdffiles/roymorgan.pdf (accessed June 2003).
  • 12. Douglas CD, Kerridge IH, Rainbird KJ, et al. The intention to hasten death: a survey of attitudes and practices of surgeons in Australia. Med J Aust 2001; 175: 511-515. <MJA full text>
  • 13. Somerville MA. "Death talk": debating euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Australia. Med J Aust 2003: 178: 171-174. <MJA full text>
  • 14. Palliative Care Australia. Position statement on euthanasia. Palliative Care News 1999; (Autumn/Winter): 13. Available at: http://www.pallcare.org.au/newsletter/pdfs/Autumn99.pdf (accessed May 2003).
  • 15. Foley K, Hendin H, editors. The case against assisted suicide: for the right to end-of-life care. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.

Author

remove_circle_outline Delete Author
add_circle_outline Add Author

Comment
Do you have any competing interests to declare? *

I/we agree to assign copyright to the Medical Journal of Australia and agree to the Conditions of publication *
I/we agree to the Terms of use of the Medical Journal of Australia *
Email me when people comment on this article

Online responses are no longer available. Please refer to our instructions for authors page for more information.