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These mixed experiences were corroborated by the Australian study examining the effect of assisted dying on the quality of palliative care:
VAD [Voluntary Assisted Dying] enquiries may encourage conversations, cohesion, therapeutic relationships and relieve suffering but also impact whole person care, cultural and spiritual perspectives and impart caregiver and staff distress.7Michael, N., Jones, D., Kernick, L., & Kissane, D. (2024).