Jos Hall

Jos Hall is a retired Australian nurse and voluntary euthanasia advocate.

After 48 years as a registered nurse, Hall retired and focussed on advocating for reform in voluntary euthanasia legislation. Her father, Merv Hall, had been diagnosed with bowel cancer in 1980; in the end stages of the disease, he asked Hall to help him end his life. “I had to say, ‘No, I support what you’re doing, but I’m not going to risk being tried and possibly going to prison. I can’t do it. I cannot do this’. I have been traumatised by the fact that I had to say no.” (quoted in Hope, 2022).

She has been president of Dying With Dignity Queensland (DWDQ) since 2014.

Homepage. (n.d.) Dying With Dignity Queensland. https://www.dwdq.org.au/

Hope, Z. (2022, 23 July). Jos’s dying father pleaded for mercy 42 years ago. It haunts her to this day. Brisbane Times. https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/jos-s-dying-father-pleaded-for-mercy-42-years-ago-it-haunts-her-to-this-day-20220722-p5b3pe.html