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Aims This report presents recommendations for future research to be commissioned by the
SDO on generalist end of life care for adults. The aims and objectives were to define what …

Objective To investigate ED and intensive care unit healthcare professionals' perspectives
and knowledge of the law that underpins end‐of‐life decision‐making in Queensland …

How to talk about death and deal w ith the challenges of end of life care are not w idely
taught at medical school, and many doctors feel unprepared w hen faced w ith the clinical …

Objective The concept of a good death is a motivating factor for end of life care policy; this
article examines what English end-of-life care (EOLC) policy defines as a good death …

Much has been written about whether end-of-life law should change and what that law
should be. However, the barriers and facilitators of such changes-law reform perspectives …

End-of-life care revolves around the terminally ill patient's quality of life, the dying process
and ultimately death. In the modern healthcare setting, death is no longer a definitive matter …

The law has a clear role to play in supporting patients and their substitute decision makers
(SDMs) to be involved in end-of-life (EOL) decision making. Although existing literature …

“My patient refuses thickened liquids, should I discharge them from my caseload?” A version
of this question appears at least weekly on the American Speech-Language-Hearing …

Background: Medical end-of-life practices are hotly debated in Canada, and data from other
countries are used to support arguments. The objective of this pilot study was twofold: to …