Voluntary assisted dying commences in Victoria today
Thank you to the End of Life Law in Australia Team, QUT, for collating these articles and documents outlining recent developments in VAD in Victoria. Voluntary assisted dying commences in Victoria Today new assisted dying [...]
National Palliative Care Awards 2019
National Palliative Care Awards Do you know an individual or team who is making a difference in palliative care? Why not acknowledge their work and nominate them for the National Palliative Care Awards? Palliative Care Australia’s [...]
Election promise of additional $45 million for palliative care services confirmed
Media Release Election promise of additional $45 million for palliative care services confirmed in 2019-20 NSW Budget Palliative Care NSW is pleased to to see confirmation of the election promise to inject $45 million over [...]
Please welcome our new Volunteer Support Services Program Manager
I am honoured and excited to be joining the team at PCNSW as Program Manager, Volunteer Support Services. I have just landed at my new desk today after attending the 2019 NSW Palliative Care Volunteer [...]
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 good life. Dad started socking away college savings in a 529 plan before he was even born and I stayed [...]
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 has not kept up. Take, for example, cardiac devices such as pacemakers and mechanical pumps that can be placed in [...]
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