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Callum Godde

EXPLAINED: Doctors make voluntary assisted dying plea for election - The Real Truth

Doctors who advise patients about voluntary assisted dying via telehealth can face criminal charges. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Terminally ill patients should be able to receive voluntary assisted dying advice remotely regardless of whether Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton rules the roost post election, a peak body says.

The Australian Medical Association is calling for the next federal government to change the criminal code to allow doctors across the country to provide voluntary assisted dying services via telehealth.

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