Hospitals and Healthcare

It is hard to know in advance what kind of existence you’ll be content with.

Advance Care Planning (ACP) has fallen under scrutiny primarily because research has
not consistently demonstrated patient-focused benefits.

Making preparations for your death is not morbid, but a great act of love to those you leave behind.

Doctors support them, yet less than 15 per cent of Australians have one. How do advance care plans help your loved ones honour your dying wish?

North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network is helping to communicate new Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation to health professionals in our region.

Advance directives are meant to honor a person's final medical wishes. Why do so few Black Americans have them?

Advanced Care Planning, establishing what a person’s wishes are should they become so ill or incapacitated that they cannot make those decisions themselves is an important part of modern medicine.

Although confronting, the act of getting my affairs in order has provided much space for reflection – and gratitude

Evidence suggests messages the patient thought to be crystal clear often appear unclear to doctors and family.

If you became suddenly unwell, would your family or health team know your wishes? Here's why advance care planning should be part of Australia's strategic response to COVID-19.