Voices From Voluntary Assisted Dying14 Juni

Episode 24 – Why We Need Better Conversations About Dying

Death is universal, yet modern society often treats it as something hidden, feared and rarely discussed. Cultural anthropologist and Buddhist scholar Dr Hannah Gould explores how religion, medicine, mortality and voluntary assisted dying shape the way Australians think about death in the 21st century.

Drawing on her research, Buddhist practice and personal experience of losing her father at a young age, Hannah reflects on why Western cultures struggle with death, how medicine’s “fight against death” mentality affects patients and clinicians, and why conversations about dying matter. She discusses how changing death practices may reshape grief, funerals and end-of-life rituals. Her book How to Die in the 21st Century offers a compassionate, accessible and thought-provoking guide to confronting mortality.

How to Die in the 21st Century by Dr Hannah Gould
https://thamesandhudson.com.au/products/how-to-die-in-the-21st-century

Comprehensive information on Voluntary Assisted Dying in Your State is provided on the Go Gentle website at https://www.gogentleaustralia.org.au/vad_in_your_state or by contacting your State Health Department.

If listening to this podcast raises distressing issues for you, please contact one of the following support services:

Griefline (https://griefline.org.au/) 1300 845 745
Grief Australia (https://www.grief.org.au/) 1800 642 745
Lifeline (https://www.lifeline.org.au/) 13 11 14, or chat online 24 hours a day

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Episode 29 – SA Deputy Premier Kyam Maher reflects on the hard-fought push for VAD

Kyam Maher, South Australian Deputy Premier and Attorney-General, reveals how his mother's harrowing pancreatic cancer death drove him to introduce South Australia's successful 2020 voluntary assisted...

6 Sep 23min

Episode 28 – How the NT's New VAD Law Falls Short of 1995

Marshall Perron drafted the world's first voluntary assisted dying legislation in 1995 as Chief Minister of the Northern Territory – decades before most nations even debated the issue, and years befor...

30 Aug 25min

Episode 27 – You Can't Always Cure, But You Can Always Heal

Voluntary assisted dying isn't just about end-of-life choice – it challenges medicine to rethink its purpose. Dr Clare Fellingham argues that while medicine cannot always cure, it can always heal by r...

23 Aug 37min

Episode 26 – Sandra’s journey to access VAD

This year, Sandra was diagnosed with the same aggressive lung cancer that took her father's life. Having spent thirteen years as an ambulance clinician and watched her father suffer through chemothera...

26 Juli 25min

Episode 25 – Nicole

The experience of voluntary assisted dying is shaped not only by legislation, but by access. Nicole’s family discovered that geography, travel requirements and gaps in healthcare services can create s...

28 Juni 22min

Episode 23 - The Rural Reality of Voluntary Assisted Dying with Dr Tim Leeuwenburg

Access to voluntary assisted dying can depend heavily on where a patient lives. Rural doctor Dr Tim Leeuwenburg sees this firsthand through his work on Kangaroo Island, where patients often face long ...

31 Maj 27min

Episode 22 - How the ACT Legalised Voluntary Assisted Dying

ACT Attorney-General Tara Cheyne reflects on the long and complex journey to legalise voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in the ACT, from the overturning of Northern Territory laws in 1997 to the restorat...

28 Apr 49min