End of Life

This life stage includes 'end-of-life' issues for both those reaching this stage and those close to them.

Updated January 2008

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Title:   I don't know what to say
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Learning that someone you know has a terminal illness can be confronting. You need to remember that there is no proper or right thing to say. Being there and being willing to listen is the most important thing you can do.
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Plans and decisions
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   If you are living with a terminal illness it can be important to think about what is important now, and how you can make the choices that matter to you. Being informed helps to make preparations and decisions easier. Sometimes decisions need to be timely, even if they are difficult and it is easier to put them off.
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Course of illness
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Illness trajectory or course of illness is a phrase that is sometimes used in medicine. It describes the "usual" pattern of illnesses take from the time of diagnosis to the time of death.
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Advance care planning
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Advance care planning is about documenting your wishes. Having conversations about your wishes can help your family and friends make those important decisions, when you are no longer able to.
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Drug therapy for delirium in terminally ill patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Delirium occurs frequently in patients with terminal illness, and may be caused by the illness itself or as a side effect of drug treatments for symptom management at the end of life. A search of the international literature for randomized trials of dru...
Date:   Feb 2004
Title:   End-of-life care
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   There is no clear cut definition of the 'end of life'. In general it refers to the last few days of life when a person is irreversibly dying, also known as the terminal phase.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Psychotherapy for depression among incurable cancer patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Depressive states represent frequent complications among cancer patients and are more common amongst advanced cancer patients. Psychotherapy comprises of various interventions for ameliorating or preventing psychological distress conducted by direct ver...
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Non-pharmacological interventions for breathlessness in advanced stages of malignant and non-malignant diseases
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Shortness of breath is a common and distressing symptom in incurable cancer and some other illnesses at the end of life. Overall shortness of breath towards the end of life is still difficult to treat. Appropriate treatment of this distressing symptom r...
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Advanced cancer
Publisher:   The Cancer Council Victoria
Description:   Health professionals sometimes use different names to describe cancer that has advanced beyond early stages, including advanced, secondary, metastatic and progressive cancer.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Anxiety and depression
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   When someone close to you has a serious illness, it is normal to feel anxious and extremely sad at times. But sometimes the worry is so great people develop symptoms of anxiety or depression.
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Palliative care medicines working group
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   The Palliative Medicines Working Group is looking at efficient access to and quality use of medicines at the end stages of a person's life.
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   Supporting a friend with a life threatening illness
Publisher:   inspire foundation
Description:   Finding out your friend has a life threatening illness is likely to be a huge shock. It might be hard to understand what your friend is going through, and how to be a supportive friend. Check out this fact sheet to find out how to be there for your friend.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Looking after yourself when a friend has a life threatening illness
Publisher:   inspire foundation
Description:   Finding out your friend has a life threatening illness is likely to be a huge shock. Looking after yourself is extremely important so that you can be in a better position to be a supportive friend. Check out this factsheet for more info.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Advance care planning
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Advance care planning means supporting people to think about, and plan for, their wishes as they approach the end of life. These pages provide information and evidence regarding advance care planning for health professionals.
Date:   Jan 2006
Title:   Diabetes as a cause of death, Australia, 1997 and 1998
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   The term 'diabetes-related death' used in the report refers to deaths where diabetes is the underlying or associated cause of death. In this report, deaths data for 1997 and 1998 are combined to allow for more detailed analysis.
Date:   Nov 2000
Title:   AIHW bulletin: issue 3, October 2002 : Seasonality of death
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This bulletin examines patterns of death to see how deaths vary by day, by month and by season, and whether these patterns have changed over time
Date:   Nov 2002
Title:   Trends in deaths: analysis of Australian data 1987-1998 with updates to 2000
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   The report is a comprehensive analysis of the patterns of death in Australia over the past 15 years. The report presents contemporary data for 16 causes of death.
Date:   Dec 2002
Title:   Work-related fatalities
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The National Occupational Health and Safety Commission conducted studies into work related deaths. Around 16 per cent of deaths are work related, with men accounting for around 90 per cent of those killed. The number of work related deaths decreased overall from 1982 to 1992.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Brain death
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Brain death is not the same as coma. Brain death occurs when a critically ill patient dies sometime after being placed on life support. In some cases, a person who is brain dead may be a candidate for organ donation.
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Diabetes-related deaths in Australia, 2001-03
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report presents information on diabetes-related deaths in Australia between 2001 and 2003 using death certificate data.
Date:   Dec 2005
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