This article, written by Ruth McChesney and Patricia McClunie-Trust, introduces anticipatory prescribing as a response to community palliative and end-of-life-care challenges in New Zealand. It then proposes an anticipatory prescribing guideline derived from a realist review and outlines implementation strategies
Mixed feelings – absolute relief, grief and some stigma – have been experienced by families who have navigated the process of assisted dying in the two years since its legalisation
Mixed feelings – absolute relief, grief and some stigma – have been experienced by families who have navigated the process of assisted dying in the two years since its legalisation
Edmund Hillary Retirement Village (EHVR) has breached the Code of Health & Disability Services Consumer’s Rights (the Code) over the care provided to an elderly woman near the end of her life
Jim Vause, who gets upset thinking about assisting a patient to die, decides the best approach is to consider the suffering patient’s emotions and not your own
The time following a declined assisted dying application is one of heightened mental health risk, says psychiatrist and University of Auckland senior lecturer Gary Cheung
The time following a declined assisted dying application is one of heightened mental health risk, says psychiatrist and University of Auckland senior lecturer Gary Cheung
Jim Vause, who gets upset thinking about assisting a patient to die, decides the best approach is to consider the suffering patient’s emotions and not your own
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management