Background Laws that regulate healthcare practice at the end of life reflect the values of the
society where they apply. Traditionally, healthcare professionals rely on their clinical …

Purpose End-of-life law governs end-of-life decision-making in clinical practice. There has
been little analysis of the specific legal issues relevant to allied health professionals working …

Existing regulation of end-of-life care is flawed. Problems include poorly-designed laws,
policies, ethical codes, training, and funding programs, which often are neither effective nor …

Background Symptom management remains a critical challenge at the end of life. Barriers to
symptom relief predominantly focus on perspectives of physicians, patients or care systems …

Nurses practising in mental health are faced with challenging decisions concerning
confidentiality if a patient is deemed a potential risk to self or others, because releasing …

Background Insufficient knowledge about end-of-life law can impede the provision of safe
and high-quality end-of-life care. Accurate legal knowledge across health professions is …

Background Education on legal obligations in healthcare related to medical malpractice is
insufficient, which has the potential to reduce patient safety. Nurses need to improve their …

Background In Swedish intensive care units, nine percent of patients do not survive despite
receiving advanced life-sustaining treatments. As these patients transition to end-of-life care …

Background Voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws have been passed in all Australian states
and have commenced operation in Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, and …

Background Health professionals and medical students have knowledge gaps about the law
that governs end-of-life decision-making. There is a lack of dedicated training on end-of-life …