To the Editor: Congratulations to Murphy1 for raising the important and sensitive issue of when to stop trying. This is an issue that needs to be discussed more widely in the community and in hospitals, and presented sensitively to all health students.
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- Health Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
Correspondence: p.brooks@mailbox.uq.edu.au
- 1. Murphy BF. What has happened to clinical leadership in futile care discussions? Med J Aust 2008; 188: 418-419. <MJA full text>
- 2. Kardamanidis K, Lim K, Da Cunha C, et al. Hospital costs of older people in New South Wales in the last year of life. Med J Aust 2007; 187: 383-386. <MJA full text>
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