MJA release - Modern medicine has shifted its focus to prolonging life at all costs, but it’s time to put the planning of end-of-life care back on the agenda, according to an editorial in the 17 October issue of the Medical Journal of Australia.
The Productivity Commission is conducting an inquiry into Caring for Older Australians.
The AMA submission to the inquiry is based on existing AMA policy and general themes discussed at a consultation convened by the AMA between the Productivity Commission and AMA member geriatricians, old age psychiatrists, general practitioners, and rehabilitation and palliative care specialists on 2 July 2010.
AMA Position Statement on the Role of the Medical Practitioner in End of Life Care - 2007