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Dying does matter 4 Sep 2009 | 07:49 pm
How do we know? The term ‘dying matters’ is so popular and relevant to today’s issues that it has been taken up by the National Council for Palliative Care in the United Kingdom. Last year the Natio...
Keeping perspective 10 Jul 2009 | 04:15 pm
Joshua Keating from Foreign Policy makes some honest observations in The List : Five Disease Outbreaks That Are Worse Than Swine Flu. Look here to review the article.
Funeral options website 10 Jul 2009 | 02:40 pm
Pieta Lang has created a new not for profit website that offers an overview of funeral options services and costs. In a recent interview on ABC Lifematters Pieta discusses the various issues relatin...
A question of priorities 29 Jun 2009 | 03:14 pm
A recent article in The Art of Healing which was reviewing Dr Mohamed Khadra’s recent novel The Patient cites him questioning how we ration our health dollar . The point is made that we currently inv...
Thoughts on grief 29 Jun 2009 | 01:30 pm
The pain of loss. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAwu88ydStk&feature=related
Views on life 29 Jun 2009 | 01:28 pm
What is your particular view? Socrates famously said ‘ that the unconsidered life is not worth living.’ He meant that a life well lived is one which has goals, and integrity, which is chosen and di...
Your Say 25 Jun 2009 | 10:56 pm
If you would like to leave a comment please do so here. Your opinions and suggestions regarding this evolving website are welcome.
Risk of death 21 Jun 2009 | 12:36 am
The team from Bandolier, an independent journal about evidence based healthcare has published some interesting facts relating to risk and death. It seems that the risk of dying by shark attack was 1...
Can we fix healthcare? 20 Jun 2009 | 02:46 pm
A number of options have been put forward for reforming Australia’s health system. It is my intention to present the current options and hypothetically explore how each option impacts upon end of life...
Genes and Diseases 1 Jun 2009 | 12:44 am
This is amazing! Log onto the link to check out the interactive representation of how diseases are linked by common genes. www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/05/05/science/20080506_DISEASE.html#
