What the doctor would prescribe: Medical practitioner perspectives and experiences of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Vic)
Rutherford, Jodhi (2021) What the doctor would prescribe: Medical practitioner perspectives and experiences of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Vic). PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology.
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Jodhi Rutherford Thesis
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This thesis is the first comprehensive empirical study of how doctors are perceiving and experiencing their statutory role under recently commenced voluntary assisted dying legislation in the Australian state of Victoria. The study uses doctrinal research and qualitative interviews to examine the centrality of doctors to the VAD system in Victoria, and the impact of their willingness to provide VAD on the system’s sustainability. It concludes that stronger supports for doctors who conscientiously participate in VAD is essential, in the face of significant conscientious objection and other reasons for non-participation in VAD reported by the broader medical profession.
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| ID Code: | 211387 |
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| Item Type: | QUT Thesis (PhD) |
| Supervisor: | Willmott, Lindy, White, Ben, & Purser, Kelly |
| Keywords: | voluntary assisted dying, assisted suicide, active voluntary euthanasia, doctors, physicians, health legislation, end of life care, attitudes of health personnel, clinical decision making, access to health care |
| DOI: | 10.5204/thesis.eprints.211387 |
| Divisions: | Current > Research Centres > Australian Centre for Health Law Research Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Business & Law Current > Schools > School of Law |
| Institution: | Queensland University of Technology |
| Deposited On: | 12 Aug 2021 12:38 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Jan 2025 00:43 |
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