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Tag: Palliative care
Palliative Care Australia clarifies stance on assisted dying
After a 'long journey', CEO Rohan Greenland says it won't argue for or against.
Doctors more likely to end up in ICU, and die there
Findings reveal doctors' views of end-of-life care are more 'nuanced' than previously thought.
Paramedics’ kindness inspires ‘dying wish’ ambulance
Terminally ill Queenslanders can take one last journey.
Worsening vision and nasal discharge reveal a sinister prognosis
Will oral prednisolone help or is there more going on?
Dying doctor has some lessons on how to tell patients bad news
'Doctors need to supply the human touch, be fully present,' says Dr Ron Naito.
Euthanasia is now legal: This is the story of a patient preparing to die
Margaret Radmore is terminally ill - she is one of the first patients to apply to the scheme.
Assisted dying: ‘I worry about GPs wandering around town and being called that death doctor’
Dr Claire Hepper is a rural GP with a special interest in palliative care and a conscientious objector to VAD.
VAD: ‘We will not abandon patients’ – the palliative care service that says ‘no’
The Catholic health group will openly discuss and even ensure the safe transport of patients to another facility.
Don’t get in the way of assisted dying, palliative care providers told
Conscientious objectors still have a duty to support patients, peak body says.
