This document provides guidance to people within the aged care sector who are responsible for incorporating voluntary assisted dying into their existing end-of-life care service provision. The guidance focuses on:
- delivering person centred care to people requesting information about or access to voluntary assisted dying
- providing support for the treating healthcare team and other staff involved in the person’s care.
It is recommended that the guidance be read in conjunction with other guidance available on the voluntary assisted dying page.
Details
- Topic
- Policies and Procedures
- Date published
- 16 Apr 2019
- Size
- 7 pages
- Author
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Update frequency
- Annually
- Available format
- DOCX
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Reviewed 17 April 2019