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End of Life
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Resources
End of Life – Resources
Professor Ian Kerridge from Sydney Health Ethics, University of Sydney discusses end of life decision making from the broader ethics perspective.
Prof Ian Kerridge
“From an ethics perspective, how should we consider end of life decision making?”
Online 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