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ArticleJournal of bioethical inquiry2024

Nurses and Voluntary Assisted Dying: How the Australian Capital Territory's Law Could Change the Australian Regulatory Landscape.

R Jeanneret, S Prince

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Article in Journal of bioethical inquiry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

R JeanneretMedical School and T. C. Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, 288 Herston Rd, Herston, QLD, 4006, Australia. r.jeanneret@uq.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0001-7873-1573
S PrinceAustralian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

On June 5, 2024, the Australian Capital Territory passed a law to permit voluntary assisted dying ("VAD"). The Australian Capital Territory became the first Australian jurisdiction to permit nurse practitioners to assess eligibility for VAD. Given evidence of access barriers to VAD in Australia, including difficulty finding a doctor willing to assist, the Australian Capital Territory's approach should prompt consideration of whether the role of nurses in VAD should be expanded in other Australian jurisdictions. Drawing on lessons from Canada, which currently permits nurse practitioners to assess patient eligibility, we argue that the time has come for Australian jurisdictions to expand the role of nurses in VAD systems. This would be an important step in ensuring access to VAD for patients in practice. Attention, however, must also be paid to ensuring adequate remuneration of nurses (and doctors) if this goal of promoting access is to be achieved in practice.

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Nurse PractitionersSuicide, AssistedAustraliaAustralian Capital TerritoryEuthanasia, Active, VoluntaryHealth Services AccessibilityHumansNursesNurse's RoleBarriers to accessEnd-of-life careNurse practitionersNursesVoluntary assisted dying

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PMID38869817
PMCPMC11652567

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