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Assisted dying: theory and practice

1 July 2017

6:21 PM

1 July 2017

6:21 PM

Last week three people died together in what is being called a ‘triple suicide pact’ in a resort island at Queensland’s Gold Coast.

Please, don’t get me wrong: there’s nothing to celebrate here in the deaths by suicide of Margaret, Heather and Wynette Cummins.

The three women, a mother, and her two daughters were members of the ubiquitous Exit International headed by former doctor, Philip Nitschke.

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