GP admits: ‘I felt the weight of what I had done and went home very anxious’
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The following is an extract from Dr Heather McNamee’s submission to the Queensland Parliament’s inquiry into palliative care, end-of-life care and voluntary assisted dying.
A GP in Cairns, and a member of Doctors For Assisted Dying Choice, Dr McNamee discusses her role in what she describes as “unofficial euthanasia” in an attempt to ensure patients don’t needlessly suffer.