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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Natasha May

David Levitt feared the worst with his brain tumour diagnosis: that he wouldn’t be able to die by choice

David Levitt, who chose to end his life through voluntary assisted dying  after being diagnosed with a brain tumour, and his family.
David Levitt, who chose to end his life through voluntary assisted dying after being diagnosed with a brain tumour, and his family. Photograph: Untamed Creative/Supplied by Pauline McGrath

Pauline McGrath suspects her husband’s decision to die was hastened by his fear of ending up in a Catholic palliative care facility that might have denied him access to voluntary assisted dying.

On 27 May last year, McGrath knew something was amiss when her husband, David Levitt, a paediatrician, arrived back to their Brisbane home before her for the first time in 30 years of marriage. She asked him: “Who’s died?”

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