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Palliative care

2017

Short reports

The gap reversed: a review of site of death in the Top End

Eswaran Waran, Mohammad Y Zubair and Niamh O'Connor

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 39 Free

Perspectives

Psilocybin-assisted therapy for anxiety and depression: implications for euthanasia

Nigel Strauss

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (11): 468-469

Perspectives

Failing to plan is planning to fail: advance care directives and the Aboriginal people of the Top End

Eswaran Waran, Sharon Wallace and Jonathan Dodson-Jauncey

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 377

Reflections / Poem

Cloudless

Michelle P Poon

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (1): 18

2016

Editorials

Futility and utility

Ian Maddocks

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (8): 289 Free

Research

What does “futility” mean? An empirical study of doctors’ perceptions

Ben White, Lindy Willmott, Eliana Close, Nicole Shepherd, Cindy Gallois, Malcolm H Parker, Sarah Winch, Nicholas Graves and Leonie K Callaway

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (8): 318 Free

Perspectives

Identifying low-value care: the Royal Australasian College of Physicians’ EVOLVE initiative

Jason Soon, Rachelle Buchbinder, Jacqui Close, Catherine Hill, Simon Allan and Caroline Turnour

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (5): 180-181

Reflections

The acute care conveyor belt: a personal experience

Kimberley D Ivory

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 162-163 Free

2015

Editorials

Routine integration of palliative care: what will it take?

Jennifer Philip and Anna Collins

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 385 Free

Reflections / Book review

Dealing with death

Robin H Mortimer

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (5): 232 Free

Research

Are potential organ donors missed on general wards? A 6-month audit of hospital deaths

Jonathan J Gatward, Michael J O’Leary, Myra Sgorbini and Paul R Phipps

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (4): 205-208 Free

Research

Metastatic non-small cell lung cancer: a benchmark for quality end-of-life cancer care?

Jennifer Philip, Peter Hudson, Adam Bostanci, Annette Street, Dell E Horey, Sanchia Aranda, Rachel Zordan, Bruce D Rumbold, Gaye Moore and Vijaya Sundararajan

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (3): 139-143 Free

Perspectives

What can we do to help Australians die the way they want to?

Hal Swerissen and Stephen J Duckett

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (1): 10-11 Free

2014

Clinical focus

Goals of care: a clinical framework for limitation of medical treatment

Robyn L Thomas, Mohamed Y Zubair, Barbara Hayes and Michael A Ashby

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (8): 452-455 Free

Research

Use of advance directives by South Australians: results from the Health Omnibus Survey Spring 2012

Sandra L Bradley, Richard J Woodman, Jennifer J Tieman and Paddy A Phillips

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (8): 467-469 Free

Perspectives

The withdrawal of the Liverpool Care Pathway in the United Kingdom: what are the implications for Australia?

Raymond J Chan, Joan Webster, Jane Phillips and David C Currow

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 573-573 Free

Letters

Difficult but necessary conversations - the case for advance care planning

Liz Marles

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 578

Letters

The hidden issues of anticipatory medications in community palliative care

Margaret O’Connor, Susan Gatens and Brian H Le

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 578-580

Reflections

Here

Lucy Dougan

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (2): 123

2013

In this issue

Take your time

Astika Kappagoda

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (10): 637 Free

Letters

Doctors in support of law reform for voluntary euthanasia

Paul F Dunne

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (2): 97

Letters

Doctors in support of law reform for voluntary euthanasia

Roger K Woodruff

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (2): 97

Letters

Doctors in support of law reform for voluntary euthanasia

John O Willoughby, Robert G Marr and Colin P Wendell-Smith

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (2): 97-98

Letters

Polypharmacy in the terminally ill

Ross P Cruikshank, Bruce Stafford and Lee Jones

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (1): 29 Free

Perspectives

Subacute care funding in the firing line

Christopher J Poulos, Kathy Eagar, Steven G Faux, John J Estell and Maria Crotty

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (2): 92-93 Free