Around 1% of all deaths in Australia a result of voluntary assisted dying, new report says
The first national snapshot shows around 1% of deaths are now through VAD.
Almost 2500 terminally ill Australians have chosen to end their lives using voluntary assisted dying in the five years since the scheme’s introduction, a report shows.
And 959 doctors have undertaken voluntary assisted dying (VAD) training, with almost two-thirds of those going on to care for assisted dying applicants, according to the State of VAD report, released by Go Gentle Australia on Monday.
