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DYING WITH DIGNITY QUEENSLAND

(formally Voluntary Euthanasia Society of Queensland)

OBJECTIVE OF THE SOCIETY

To achieve legislation in Queensland so that, subject to appropriate safeguards, any person suffering severe pain or distress from a condition for which no remedy is available, is entitled to ask for and receive assistance to die peacefully and painlessly. and

THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE

Despite great advances in medical knowledge, dying — which should be the natural and dignified end of a life — is far too often a prolonged, painful, and distressing process. Most people know of someone dear to them whose life has ended in this way and for whom death was a happy release.  It is not the fact of dying which worries people; it is the fear of being kept “alive” in such a pitiful condition that death would be infinitely preferable.

Voluntary euthanasia societies around the world aim to change this outcome. They seek legislative changes to enable those suffering severe physical or mental distress with no reasonable hope of relief to have, if they so wish, access to a medically assisted, quick, peaceful and dignified death. It is not death we fear so much as the manner of our dying. One thing all forms of life have in common is the certainty of death. It is natural to hope that, when the time comes, we will die peacefully and without prolonged suffering.

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1300 733 818

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              PO Box 432
              SHERWOOD QLD 4075

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Reviewed: 30^th June 2009