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A German palliative care doctor has been charged with murdering 15 of his patients using a cocktail of lethal drugs.

"I believe there's freedom of choice however for me, I choose palliative care… I have God and I have good medicine."

But supporters argues the law needs changing because some people have horrible deaths, however good their end-of-life or palliative care is.

In frustration, Brant planted herself in front of the door to her hospital room, barring entry until doctors acknowledged what the patient wanted, which was palliative care and a peaceful death.

Hospital palliative care doctor Dr Rachel Clarke says she can spend whole days in A&E trying her best to care for patients dying in resuscitation areas and in corridors.