Doctor cleared of claims he coerced registrar to alter morgue death certificate
An investigation has found no evidence a senior doctor tried to coerce a registrar to backdate a death certificate, after he raised concerns a man…
Tag: Palliative care
Why aren’t they screaming?
From the archives:Over 10 years ago Australian Doctor published an investigation into futile medical treatment in aged care. It was called ‘Why Aren’t They Screaming’ and won that…
‘Waiting for your child to die is not an option’: A GP’s fight to save her daughter
On a hot Saturday afternoon in February 2018, Matt and Phoebe Dun were sitting in a hospital corridor, waiting for their two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Josie, to…
Doctor who raised alarm about morgue case acted with ‘integrity’
WA officials have denied suggestions a palliative care patient may have been alive when he was transferred to a Perth morgue. The state coroner’s court is…
Claims a man put in a Perth morgue ‘still alive’
A palliative care patient may have been alive when he was transferred to a Perth morgue, according to claims being investigated by the Coroner’s Court of…
Hospitals accused of railroading palliative care doctors opposed to VAD
Associate Professor Marion Harris says some doctors fear for their rights to object to VAD.
We all write death certificates, but reading this one gobsmacked me
Recently I have had an opportunity to become a ‘critic’. It is an interesting new writing genre and an artform I admire, but it is…
Doctor plays ‘spine tingling’ cello for dying patient
Dr Michael Lam fulfilled a patient’s last request by playing live classical music at her bedside in Mackay Base Hospital, Queensland.
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.
Half of terminally ill patients die without ‘appropriate’ care
A Canberra Hospital study reveals 41% of those dying in hospital never see a member of the palliative care team.
