End of Year Reading Guidance The end of the year has come around again, and what would Christmas be without some holiday reading? So for our last blog in 2016, we thought we’d share some seasonal... Read more... 21/12/2016 | Evidence Tags: Evidence-based palliative care Views: 281
Three things to do about health professionals’ knowledge of end of... Health professionals need to know the law that governs withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment. Law is not at the centre of the clinical encounter, but it is part... Read more... 9/12/2016 | Health Professionals Tags: End-of-life law Views: 551
Now there is specialised support and training for Australian GP... As a young doctor I spent some time working in a palliative care hospital in the early 90’s. It was such a privilege to be working with people at end of life - with... Read more... 2/12/2016 | Health Professionals | Nurses Tags: Education and training Views: 287
When the small things become extraordinarily important… When someone has an incurable disease like advanced cancer or motor neurone disease, they experience many changes, one of which is functional decline. Although functional... Read more... 18/11/2016 | Health Professionals | Allied Health Tags: Occupational Therapy Views: 546