<i>Characterization of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Legislation in the Australian </i><i>State of Victoria </i>

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  • オーストラリア・ビクトリア州における 自発的幇助自死法の成立と特徴
  • オーストラリア ・ ビクトリアシュウ ニ オケル ジハツテキホウジョジシホウ ノ セイリツ ト トクチョウ

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<p>　　In Australia, the state government of Victoria passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 on November 29, 2017 and it will become legal by June 19, 2019. Victorian residents who are 18 years and over, who have decision-making capacity, and who are diagnosed as having an incurable disease, illness, or medical condition with an estimated life expectancy of six months or less will be given the right to request their doctor to prescribe a permitted lethal substance to terminate their life.</p><p>　　 Twenty-three years ago, Australia’s Northern Territory legislated the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995, the world’s first voluntary euthanasia law. It was operative for only nine months before it was nullified by the Euthanasia Laws Act 1997 passed by the Federal Parliament. Twenty years later, Victoria has become the first and only state in Australia to legislate for the right of terminally ill people to request voluntary assisted dying. The Victorian legislative framework is described by the Andrews’ government to be “the safest, and most conservative model in the world.” </p><p>　　This paper proposes to analyze the characterization of Victorian legislation on voluntary assisted dying. It will focus on the 68 safeguards that have been stressed heavily by the government, and compare it with legislation in other jurisdictions on physician-assisted dying.</p>

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  • Bioethics

    Bioethics 28 (1), 40-48, 2018-09-29

    Japan Association for Bioethics

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