Dying patient given treatment despite advance care directive, coroner told
The hospital attempted resuscitation up until the patient's 'distressed' mother intervened.
Tag: Palliative care
Call for revamp of palliative care in nursing homes
Palliative Care Australia says the 'misconception' that care is limited to the final weeks of life needs changing.
A podcast about empathy – a vital part of medicine
About Empathy is a Canadian podcast about a universal and vital part of medicine — empathy and compassionate care in the context of serious illness.…
Terminally ill denied PBS funding for pain-relief drugs, says RACGP
The college says that the pandemic had made the issue even more important.
The day I realised the end of life is very much like the start
“The tears of old people are as terrible as the tears of children are natural.” Balzac, 1841 My day starts early. At 4am I can…
Prolonging life distresses doctors when not in patient’s best interests
Moral conflict greatest when patients' guardians want more treatment but the doctor prefers palliative care, study shows.
Outpatient palliative care improves Parkinson’s outcomes
Palliative care is 'not just for aggressive terminal diseases like cancer', says leading neurologist.
Cannabinoids no good for advanced cancer pain: study
Active agents proved no better than placebo and had more adverse events.
Warning over energy drink link to kidney injury
A patient drank five to six cans a day for several weeks, report US doctors.
Professor Brian Owler defends euthanasia ‘gagging clause’
The clause has been branded an 'unwarranted infringement' on doctor-patient communication.
