Nial Wheate, Macquarie University and Tina Hinton, University of Sydney Australia currently finds itself in the unusual position of being both in an opioid epidemic and experiencing a shortage of these critical medicines. The Therapeutic Goods Administration has placed eight ...

At 79 years old Ray Martin is, statistically speaking, only a few years away from death. Yet, like many Australians, he has not given much thought to how he wishes to say his last goodbye. After discovering how little Aussies ...

Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) laws have been passed in all Australian states and territories with the exception of the Northern Territory. Currently VAD availability in Australia is limited to people with a terminal diagnosis, with decision-making capacity and the support ...

In the past year, at least six pain-relief products have become unavailable in Australia. The Australian & New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine (ANZSPM) says the withdrawals have resulted in prescriptions for less-effective medicines and increased confusion over dosage and ...

Two Victorian aged care providers are changing the way they deliver end of life care. Peninsula Home Hospice and Vasey RSL Care Frankston South have joined forces on a pilot project that focuses on the education and empowerment of staff, ...

Death education should be taught in the classroom to demystify ageing and dying among younger Australians, Queensland doctors have argued. Australian Medical Association Queensland said young people need to be educated about medical, legal and other issues that surround ageing ...

We make plans for our holidays, careers and families but a new study shows just how many Australians baulk when it comes to preparing for the inevitable – their death. Only one in four Australians have had a conversation with ...

Death is often dealt with poorly in aged care even though most residents know they won't be going anywhere else, Molly Carlile tells Megan Stoyles. Aged care staff must work out what they think about their own death, and dying ...