There are pushes to amend Queensland’s voluntary assisted dying bill to allow health practitioners who conscientiously object to euthanasia the option to refuse referring patients to these service.
Queensland is set this week to become the fifth state in Australia to legalise voluntary euthanasia for terminally ill patients, amidst opposition from opponents including Catholic Health Australia.
Meanwhile, a survey of Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union members in February found almost 87 per cent supported voluntary assisted dying.