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'Very conservative': Advocates, critics reactto NT's new VAD legislation

Dr Philip Nitschke, who helped a terminal cancer patient through the world's first legal voluntary assisted dying process 30 years ago, welcomes the NT's new laws, but concerns remain about how prognosis will be factored in.

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Australia — Jane Bardon