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Neera Bhatia, Associate Professor in Law, Deakin University

What happens if you want access to voluntary assisted dying but your nursing home won't let you?

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Voluntary assisted dying is now lawful in all Australian states. There is also widespread community support for it.

Yet some residential institutions, such as hospices and aged-care facilities, are obstructing access despite the law not specifying whether they have the legal right to do so.

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