Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death —— probably by a deadly injection or pill ——to put an end to suffering. The patient must be diagnosed as terminally ill by two doctors. After a “cooling off” period of seven days , the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met. For LloydNickson , a 54 year old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally III law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition. “I'm not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was how I’d go, because I've watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks,” he says.