What killed Beethoven? Pathologist thinks he’s hit the right note
The composer's movements tell all, says Associate Professor Phil Allen, who suspects the maestro had ulcerative colitis.
Tag: Death and Dying
Pandemic revelation: Australian all-cause mortality dropped by 4%
As COVID-19 was claiming lives, lockdowns likely prevented deaths from other causes, researchers say.
Legal win for doctors who refused to give futile end-of-life care
The son of the patient had accused doctors at Northern Hospital of murdering his elderly father.
Doctors call for rethink on ‘over medicalisation’ of death
An international panel has called for changes to how death is viewed especially in light of the extremes of dying seen in the pandemic.
Doctors, death and Hamlet: A consummation devoutly to be wished?
Shakespeare lived well before the rise of modern medicine. The physicians who make brief appearances in his plays were little more than quacks. But his…
Doctors-in-training free to prescribe euthanasia drugs in VAD reform
AMA Queensland says it is concerned that non-specialists will be able to make critical life-or-death decisions.
Transgender adults ‘vulnerable to premature death’
Researchers have tracked morbidity and mortality trends across 50 years of gender-affirming hormonal therapy.
‘Our fear of dying does not justify medical homicide’
Dr David van Gend says efforts to legalise voluntary assisted dying is an 'assault by state ideology against religious liberty'.
‘I don’t fear God’s judgement’: Catholic doctor on why he now supports euthanasia
Oncologist Dr Phillip Parente reflects on balancing his faith with his involvement with the Victorian voluntary assisted dying scheme.
Doctors urged not to discuss ‘effect of lethal substances’ in VAD telehealth consults
Doctors who discuss it with patients by telehealth are still at risk of breaking the federal law, says Dr Roger Hunt.
