End-of-life Care | Australian Doctor Group

The day I realised the end of life is very much like the start

10th July 2020

“The tears of old people are as terrible as the tears of children are natural.” Balzac, 1841 My day starts early. At 4am I…

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27th December 2019

Nearly one-fifth of advance care directives for end-of-life care are completed by someone other than the patient, putting…

13th November 2019

Granting terminally-ill intensive care patients and their families simple wishes, such as tasting a favorite meal or using a…

27th May 2015

A terminally ill Wellington lawyer could be forced to take her own life because it is illegal for her doctor to help her…

13th January 2015

Voluntary euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke hopes to show dying can be a laughing matter when he makes his debut as a…

28th October 2014

Although it is the job of the Supreme Court to decide on the merits of withholding life-sustaining treatment, doctors have…

12th August 2014

Doctors appear to have little clue on how to make competent end-of-life decisions involving withholding and withdrawing of…