UK doctor's 'privilege' at helping patients die

A BRITISH doctor working in Australia has described helping dying people to end their lives as “a tremendous privilege”.

- By Aine Fox

Dr Emma Boulton, 59, spoke of the difference between her mother’s “horrible” decline with respiratory failure in England and the “very dignified” deaths she deals with in New South Wales.

Emma, who is now based in Sydney, said her main role is assessing patients who have applied for an assisted death. She revealed she has been directly involved in ending the lives of 10 people.