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Sara Townend

BEd, MBBS, Clinical Director, Royal North Shore Hospital and NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Support Services, St Leonards, NSW

First conversations about voluntary assisted dying in general practice

This article outlines GPs’ legal and professional requirements for engaging in first conversations about VAD with patients.

Guest Editorial: Voluntary assisted dying

Whether or not we have patients requesting VAD at the end of life, the GP role remains the same: to listen, to support, to maintain trust and to assist in making the end of life the best it can be.

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