Healthcare in Australia. 
No single issue has dominated health practitioners' ethical debates in 2014 in Australia, but a controversial decision on gene patenting and the media focus on "Dr. Death," euthanasia campaigner Dr. Philip Nitschke, have given new life to these two familiar (and global) debates.  Currently a dying with dignity bill, drafted by the Australian Green Party, is under examination.  The Senate inquiry into the bill received more than 663 submissions, with 57% opposed and 43% in support of the bill, which has now been referred to a Senate committee.  Will this be another of Australia's failed attempts to legalize euthanasia?  The trial of Dr. Nitschke begins on November 10, 2014.