Addressing nurses’ fears of legal risks when... Some patients do not receive adequate pain and symptom relief at the end of life, causing distress to patients, families and healthcare... Read more... 8/07/2020 | Health Professionals | Nurses Tags: ELDAC | End-of-life law Views: 4265
Providing palliative medication at the end of life Research suggests that health professionals may be afraid to provide palliative medicine because they are worried about whether it is lawful,... Read more... 8/02/2019 | Health Professionals | Primary health care Tags: ELDAC | End-of-life law Views: 2232
End of life law in aged care practice End of life law governs medical decisions made at the end of life, as well as around Advance Care Planning. Every year in Australia... Read more... 8/10/2018 | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Aged Care in home Tags: ELDAC | End-of-life law Views: 2394
Support for health professionals to know more... One part of advance care planning that is often unseen is law. Yet law plays an important role in end-of-life care. Professor Ben White and... Read more... 19/04/2018 | Health Professionals Tags: End-of-life law Views: 1989
Three things to do about health professionals’... Health professionals need to know the law that governs withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment. Law is not at the centre of the... Read more... 9/12/2016 | Health Professionals Tags: End-of-life law Views: 2720