PRO-EUTHANASIA group Exit International is set to hold a talk and a workshop here next month.
Dr Philip Nitschke, 61, a Darwin-based doctor who heads the Australian right-to-die organisation, said he decided to come here after receiving several e-mail messages from interested Singaporeans seeking more information on euthanasia.
He said his group, whose activities are funded by 3,500 members across Australia, New Zealand, Britain and the United States, has also been monitoring the euthanasia debate in Singapore and feels it is timely.
Exit International has held its controversial events in Australia, New Zealand and Britain, and has sometimes been forced to change venues due to run-ins with pro-life and religious groups.
In Singapore, euthanasia and other end-of-life issues were hotly debated last year when Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan flagged the need for individuals and families to start thinking about an 'end-of-life care plan'. He wanted people to be prepared for death, for example by signing living wills.
This led some religious leaders to voice their opposition to euthanasia. However, some members of the public said the issue needed airing in a rapidly ageing society like Singapore's.
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