Palliative care | Australian Doctor Group

Prolonging life distresses doctors when not in patient's best interests

9th March 2020

When their patients cannot make decisions about life-prolonging care, many doctors feel moral distress when acting on the…

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24th February 2020

Outpatient palliative care improves quality of life and other outcomes in patients with Parkinson disease and related…

11th February 2020

Cannabinoids cannot be recommended for chronic pain in adult patients with advanced cancer as they are no more effective…

3rd February 2020

US doctors have renewed warnings about energy drinks after an elderly patient in palliative care developed an acute kidney…

31st January 2020

The ban on doctors starting discussions around voluntary assisted dying will not stop any Victorian patients from accessing…

27th December 2019

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

20th December 2019

After a countdown that has included the trials and tribulations of Dr Charlie Teo, the rise of BERT and the never-ending…