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BOOK NOW for the PUBLIC FORUM
THURSDAY 17 OCTOBER 1996, 9am-5pm



VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA:

SECURING THE CHOICE


This Forum is held as part of the 11th International Conference of the World Federation of
Right to Die Societies.


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COST: (includes light lunch plus morning and afternoon refreshments) AU$28 For Members of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society of Victoria (and for members of any other Voluntary Euthanasia Society) AU$48 For non-members VENUE: The ROYAL AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS BUILDING, CNR SPRING AND LONSDALE STREETS, MELBOURNE SPEAKERS: From Australia: Professor DOROTHY ANGELL Professor PETER BAUME Dr ROGER MAGNUSSON & Dr HARRY BALLIS Mr MARSHALL PERRON From the United States: Dr FAYE GIRSH From the United Kingdom: Dr MICHAEL IRWIN From the Netherlands: Mr A.N.A. JOSEPHUS JITTA From Switzerland: Professor Dr MEINRAD SCHAR MODERATOR: Dr FRANCIS MACNAB, Executive Director of the Cairnmillar Institute Melbourne, and Executive Minister of St Michael's Church, Melbourne. Dr Macnab is also Chief of Training in Psychotherapy and Trauma Therapy and the author of 17 books including "Life after Loss". CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
For enquiries contact the Voluntary Euthanasia Society of Victoria. Tel: +61 -3-9521-3297 or Fax: +61 -3-9521-3302
 BOOKING FORM (Please print and return this section to VESV with your payment) VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA: SECURING THE CHOICE - 17 OCTOBER 1996 I WISH TO ORDER TICKET(S ) FOR THE FOLLOWING PERSON/PEOPLE: (Please print name/s) _________________________________________________________________________________________

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Zip/Postcode____________ PLEASE MAKE CHEQUE OR MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO VESV AND SEND IT WITH THIS SECTION TO: VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA SOCIETY OF VICTORIA INC., 70 Greville Street, Prahran, Victoria 3181, Australia. Tickets will be issued within two weeks of receipt of payment. VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA: SECURING THE CHOICE
Information about the speakers

DOROTHY ANGELL

Professor of Nursing and Head of the Caroline Chisholm School of Nursing at Monash University in Melbourne.

PETER BAUME

Professor of Community Medicine at the University of New South Wales, Chancellor of tthe Australian National University, a Commissioner of the Australian Law Reform Commission and Patron of the VE Society of New South Wales.

ROGER MAGNUSSON & Dr HARRY BALLIS

Dr Magnusson is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Faculty of Law at the University of Melbourne and Dr Ballis is a lecturer in sociology at Monash University Gippsland. Drs Magnusson and Ballis are currently undertaking research into AIDS sufferers and assisted dying.

MARSHALL PERRON

Former Chief Minister of Northern Territory and the person responsible for the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act, the first legislation in the world to permit active voluntary euthanasia. Mr Perron is Patron of the NT VE Society.

FAYE GIRSH

A clinical and forensic psychologist who is Executive Director of the Hemlock Society USA, Dr Girsh is a member of the American Psychological Association and has published articles in medical, legal and psychological journals on the right to die.

MICHAEL IRWIN

A retired physician who was medical director at the United Nations from 1982 to 1991 and UNICEF's representative in Bangladesh, Dr Irwin has been UNICEF's senior advisor on childhood disabilities and the UN's senior consultant during the 1981 International Year of Disabled Persons. Dr Irwin is chairman of the VE Society in London.

A.N.A. JOSEPHUS JITTA

Head of Public Prosecution Office at one of the district courts in the Netherlands and a public prosecutor for over 25 years. Mr Josephus Jitta is also a board member of the Dutch VE Society, and co-author of a recent bill to legalise voluntary euthanasia.

MEINRAD SCHAR

President of EXIT, the Swiss Association for Human Dying, Dr Schar was, prior to this, a professor of social and preventive medicine at the University of Zurich for more than twenty years and Vice-Director of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health.

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  • Northern Territory Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995

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