Voluntary Assisted Dying: Guiding principles for those providing care to people living with a life-limiting illness

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Voluntary Assisted Dying: Guiding principles for those providing care to people living with a life-limiting illness

Palliative Care Australia (PCA) has published a set of seven principles, which guide health professionals providing care to people living with a life-limiting illness as part of the Victorian Voluntary Assisted Dying scheme.

Voluntary Assisted Dying in Australia: Guiding principles for those providing care to people living with a life-limiting illness is national in scope and designed to sit alongside enacted state legislation where it exists, organisational ethical frameworks and professional codes of conduct.