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Palliative care

Futility and utility
Ian Maddocks
Med J Aust 2016; 204 (8): 289. 
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. 
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.
The acute care conveyor belt: a personal experience
Kimberley D Ivory
Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 162-163. 
Routine integration of palliative care: what will it take?
Jennifer Philip and Anna Collins
Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 385. 
Dealing with death
Robin H Mortimer
Med J Aust 2015; 203 (5): 232. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
Difficult but necessary conversations — the case for advance care planning
Liz Marles
Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 578.
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.
Here
Lucy Dougan
Med J Aust 2014; 200 (2): 123.
Take your time
Astika Kappagoda
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (10): 637. 
Doctors in support of law reform for voluntary euthanasia
Paul F Dunne
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (2): 97.
Doctors in support of law reform for voluntary euthanasia
Roger K Woodruff
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (2): 97.
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.
Polypharmacy in the terminally ill
Ross P Cruikshank, Bruce Stafford and Lee Jones
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (1): 29. 
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. 
Stent insertion for palliation of advanced oesophageal carcinoma symptoms by level of socioeconomic disadvantage in urban New South Wales
Jason P Bentley, David E Goldsbury, Guy D Eslick, Michael R Cox and Dianne L O’Connell
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (10): 531-532.
Palliative care is everyone’s business — is it yours, doctor?
Ian Maddocks and Yvonne Luxford
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (9): 481-482. 
Meeting end-of-life care needs for people with chronic disease: palliative care is not enough
Teresa A Burgess, Annette J Braunack Mayer, Gregory B Crawford and Justin J Beilby
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (4): 186-187.
Drug treatment for melanoma: progress, but who pays?
Richard F Kefford
Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 491-492.

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