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This training program for medical practitioners and students, nurses and allied and other health professionals focuses on the law relating to end of life decision-making.

On completion of the module clinicians should be able to:

• Describe the legal status of voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in Australia
• Understand the eligibility criteria and processes for accessing VAD in jurisdictions where it is lawful
• Understand the legal obligations of health professionals arising from VAD laws
• Differentiate between VAD and other practices, including providing pain and symptom relief and withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment.