{"id":9791,"date":"2019-10-25T11:29:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T18:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9791"},"modified":"2019-12-24T12:46:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T20:46:45","slug":"voluntary-assisted-dying-and-the-role-of-the-gp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9791","title":{"rendered":"Voluntary assisted dying and the role of the GP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">With assisted dying debates taking place in parliaments around the country, the question now is: What does it mean for GPs? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>RACGP: newsGP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Doug Hendrie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        Victoria\u2019s voluntary assisted dying legislation <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.racgp.org.au\/newsgp\/clinical\/assisted-dying-is-now-legal-in-victoria-how-did-th\">came into effect<\/a> in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        With other states like Western Australia and Queensland now moving to introduce similar laws, the question now is \u2013 what does assisted dying mean in practice for GPs?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         To tackle the practicalities of the process, SBS <em>Insight<\/em> host Jenny Brockie facilitated an expert panel at the RACGP\u2019s GP19 conference in Adelaide. . . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/www1.racgp.org.au\/newsgp\/racgp\/voluntary-assisted-dying-and-the-role-of-the-gp\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With assisted dying debates taking place in parliaments around the country, the question now is: What does it mean for GPs? RACGP: newsGP Doug Hendrie Victoria\u2019s voluntary assisted dying legislation came into effect in June. With other states like Western Australia and Queensland now moving to introduce similar laws, the question now is \u2013 what &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9791\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Voluntary assisted dying and the role of the GP&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,30,162,9],"tags":[3845,443],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-australia","category-euthanasia","category-news","tag-royal-australian-college-of-general-practitioners-racgp","tag-victoria"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Voluntary assisted dying and the role of the GP - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9791\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Voluntary assisted dying and the role of the GP - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With assisted dying debates taking place in parliaments around the country, the question now is: What does it mean for GPs? 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