'It's a privilege': SBS talks to Voluntary Assisted Dying practitioner Dr Bu O'Brien

A smiling person with short grey hair, wearing a black top and blue pants, is sitting on the steps of a white wooden porch.

Dr Bu O'Brien Source: SBS News

Since Voluntary Assisted Dying (known as VAD) was legalised in Australia, over 2,400 terminally ill people have chosen to end their lives this way. Dr Bu O'Brien is one of the few Voluntary Assisted Dying practitioners. I asked her about why she has chosen this path. My name is Essam Al-Ghalib, and this is SBS Audio's Weekend One on One.


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