Euthanasia

From 7 November, it will be legal for New Zealanders with terminal illnesses to end their lives with assistance from medical practitioners

Christchurch pharmacist Máté Hegedus-Gaspar has been appointed to the newly established Support and Consultation for End of Life in New Zealand (SCENZ) group.

In last year’s ­referendum on the End of Life Choice Act, New Zealanders voted overwhelmingly to legalise euthanasia

The End of Life Choice Bill in its current form will not give pharmacists the chance to opt out of dispensing lethal drugs, say pharmacists opposed to the legislation

Pharmacists who have a moral objection to euthanasia should be exempt from being involved in assisted dying cases if the procedure becomes legal, says the Pharmaceutical Society

Pharmacists who have a moral objection to euthanasia should be exempt from being involved in assisted dying cases if the procedure becomes legal, says the Pharmaceutical Society.

An Auckland physician has cleared the air on comments he made surrounding the potential for pharmacists to sell end-of-life medication directly to the public.

A prominent medical specialist says his comments suggesting selling assisted dying drugs at pharmacies is a logical solution to the euthanasia debate were taken out of context