End of Life – Resources

Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW)

Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW)

Queensland University of Technology End of Life Law Resource

Chochinov, H. M. (2007). Dignity and the essence of medicine: the A, B, C, and D of dignity conserving care. BMJ, 335(7612), 184-187.

Clayton, J. M., Hancock, K. M., Butow, P. N., Tattersall, M. H., & Currow, D. C. (2007). Clinical practice guidelines for communicating prognosis and end-of-life issues with adults in the advanced stages of a life-limiting illness, and their caregivers. The Medical Journal of Australia, 186(12), s77-108.

Hillman, K., & Chen, J. (2008). Conflict resolution in end of life treatment decisions: An evidence check review brokered by the Sax Institute for the NSW Department of Health.

Sanderson, C., Sheahan, L., Kochovska, S., Luckett, T., Parker, D., Butow, P., & Agar, M. (2019). Re-defining moral distress: A systematic review and critical re-appraisal of the argument-based bioethics literature. Clinical Ethics, 14(4), 195-210.

Zhang, B., Wright, A. A., Huskamp, H. A., Nilsson, M. E., Maciejewski, M. L., Earle, C. C., … & Prigerson, H. G. (2009). Health care costs in the last week of life: associations with end-of-life conversations. Archives of internal medicine, 169(5), 480-488.

Kerridge, I., Lowe, M., & Stewart, C. (2013). Ethics and law for the health professions (4th ed.). Sydney: Federation Press.

O’Neill, N., & Peisah, C. (2011). Capacity and the Law. Sydney University Press Law Books.
(See especially 12.2.1, 12.2.2, 12.4.11)

Staunton, P., & Chiarella, M. (2020). Law for Nurses and Midwives (9th ed.). Sydney: Elsevier.

Advance Care Planning Resources

Australian Government Department of Health Palliative Care Resources

CareSearch is an online resource of palliative care information and evidence, in particular ‘End of Life Essentials in the Acute Hospital’

NSW Health End of Life Decision Making Guidelines

NSW Health Conflict Resolution in End of Life Settings Project

NSW Health Using Resuscitation Plans in end of Life Decisions

PalliAged is the palliative care evidence and practice resource for the aged sector

Palliative Care Australia

NCAT Guardianship Division fact sheets

The Groundswell Project Dying to Know

Vital Talk Communication tools