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Volume 334:1668-1669 June 20, 1996 Number 25
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Euthanasia in Australia

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To the Editor: Ryan and Kaye (Feb. 1 issue)1 argue that the Northern Territory Rights of the Terminally Ill Act is "a good first attempt to create an act permitting voluntary euthanasia." They are unduly sanguine in their conclusion for several reasons. First, their claim that "the requirement . . . that the patient must be terminally ill prevents euthanasia from becoming available to people who are physically well" overlooks the fact that under the act even a patient who is completely free of pain may qualify for euthanasia; it is sufficient that his or her doctor considers that there . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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