Information to be provided if person assessed as eligible
22 Information to be provided if person assessed as eligible
If the coordinating practitioner is satisfied the person is eligible for access to voluntary assisted dying, the coordinating practitioner must inform the person about the following matters—
the person’s diagnosis and prognosis;
the treatment options available to the person and the likely outcomes of that treatment;
the palliative care and treatment options available to the person and the likely outcomes of that care and treatment;
the potential risks of self-administering or being administered a voluntary assisted dying substance likely to be prescribed under this Act for the purposes of causing the person’s death;
that the expected outcome of self-administering or being administered a substance mentioned in paragraph (d) is death;
the method by which a substance mentioned in paragraph (d) is likely to be self-administered or administered;
the request and assessment process, including the requirement for a second request to be signed in the presence of 2 witnesses;
that, if the person makes an administration decision, the person must appoint a contact person;
that the person may decide at any time not to continue the request and assessment process or not to access voluntary assisted dying;
that, if the person is receiving ongoing health services from another medical practitioner, the person may consider informing the other medical practitioner of the person’s request for access to voluntary assisted dying.
Nothing in this section affects any duty a medical practitioner has at common law or under another Act.
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