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I Tried To Give My Dying 8-Year-Old Son A ‘Good’ Death. Here’s How.
Since before he was born, we’d done everything we could to give our son a...
The way we die will be considered unthinkable 50 years from now
While medical advances have moved forward at blinding pace, the ethical discourse surrounding many technologies...
What is the evidence that people living with frailty have needs for palliative care at the end of life?
People are now living longer than ever before, something we should celebrate. But it also...
PCNSW Professional Education Day – AGNSW
PCNSW is holding the annual Professional Education Day at the Art Gallery of NSW during...
Woven coffins and affordable funerals
Creative and emotionally healthy funerals are making waves in communities that value personal choices, resourcefulness...
Three Magical Phrases to Comfort a Dying Person
At 3 p.m. on a Monday afternoon, death announced it was coming for him. He was...
National Advance Care Planning Week
National Advance Care Planning Week is an annual initiative by Advance Care Planning Australia that...
New palliative care facility opens in Orange
Orange’s long-awaited palliative care facility began a 12-month trial on Monday. The four-bed service is available...
Join PCNSW now and receive $200 off Oceanic Palliative Care Conference rego
Palliative Care Australia is hosting the 2019 Oceanic Palliative Care Conference in Perth from 10 – 13...
CareSearch: ‘What palliative care information is most needed by patients, carers and families?’
Trustworthy information. CareSearch shares trustworthy information on palliative care to everyone who needs it. We recently spoke...
The NSW Health End of Life and Palliative Care Framework
The NSW Health End of Life and Palliative Care Framework: 2019-2024 has been released and...
NSW Labor responds to today’s palliative care funding announcement
In response to the announcement of an additional 100 palliative care nurses for NSW this...