Decision making improves under VAD
Two DyingForChoice.com reports to the Western Australia Parliament committee inquiry into end of life choices furnish clear evidence from multiple peer-reviewed research papers that the quality of a broad range of end-of-life decision types have improved in jurisdictions with voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws.
Training and decision making has improved under VAD
In the first report, studies show that the quality of palliative care education and the quality of decision making has improved when VAD is legalised: (PDF 0.6Mb).
Where decision making is best and worst
In the second report, studies show that clearly inappropriate doctor decisions (unilaterally making end of life decisions about a patient without involving the patient or her family) are lowest in the Netherlands with its extensive experience in VAD, and highest in Italy with its strong opposition to VAD: (PDF 0.2Mb).