Prisoners in palliative care are still being shackled to their hospital beds
Eric Whittaker spent the final hours of his life lying unconscious shackled to his hospital bed with leg cuffs. The 35-year-old Indigenous man was an…
Tag: Palliative care
Relaxing script monitoring laws for palliative and aged care patients ‘a welcome change’
Prescribing opioids or benzodiazepines to aged care residents or palliative patients would no longer require logging in to script monitoring software under a Queensland Government…
‘I don’t want to tell families there aren’t any options’: Palliative care’s opioid crisis
Doctors have warned the Australian market will lose around 15 opioid analgesics later in the year, with one palliative paediatrician saying the alternatives may not…
Doctors fear ‘looming crisis’ in palliative care as opioid options dry up
Doctors have warned the Federal Government that it needs to act to stop a looming crisis in palliative care and pain management due to clinicians’…
Voluntary assisted dying is being considered in the ACT — but how will it differ from state laws?
The first Australian Capital Territory voluntary assisted dying bill in more than 25 years was tabled in parliament this week. This was possible after the…
TGA secures alternatives for kids on liquid morphine
The TGA has secured three alternative oral liquid morphine products to compensate for the dwindling supply of Ordine, which is expected to run dry by…
Liquid morphine discontinuation could leave kids with ‘poorly managed pain’
Doctors are preparing to lose access to liquid morphine, with the only brand registered in Australia, Ordine, to be withdrawn from sale early next year.…
‘I want to die peacefully’: She was a fighter, but I knew she was right
It was a busy night in the emergency department. I rushed from one patient to the next, trying to keep up with the constant stream…
Doctor cleared of claims he coerced registrar to alter morgue death certificate
An investigation has found no evidence a senior doctor tried to coerce a registrar to backdate a death certificate, after he raised concerns a man…
Why aren’t they screaming?
From the archives:Over 10 years ago Australian Doctor published an investigation into futile medical treatment in aged care. It was called ‘Why Aren’t They Screaming’ and won that…
