Palliative Care
Funding a good death
Why the palliative care sector feels under fire, under-funded and under pressure to allow assisted dying practitioners into its facilities. Audio
Assisted dying law under review: both sides line up
It is nearly five years since the End of Life Choice Act became law, and nearly three years since it was implemented, allowing some terminally ill adults with fewer than six months to live to be… Audio
Self-awareness - the key to effective end-of-life care
"If you want to deal with the dying, deal with your own shit first," is the key piece of advice that shaped palliative care nurse Susan Marsden's career. It was given to her back in 1978 by the… Audio
New study looks at machine learning and palliative care
Margaret explains how the data could have application for mobile apps and wearable technology rather than constant phone calls or visits from health workers. Audio
How to find the words to start difficult conversations
Right now, there's probably a uncomfortable conversation you've been meaning to have with someone, but you've been avoiding it. Perhaps you fear saying the wrong thing, or the person getting… Audio
End of Life Choice Act: almost two thirds in favour
The End of Life Choice Act will come into force in a year's time. According to preliminary referendum results released on Friday afternoon, 65.2 percent have voted in favour of the End of Life Choice… Audio
End of Life Choice: interviews with doctors, terminally ill
Palliative care specialist and Otago University senior lecturer Janine Winters and PhD candidate Jessica Young discuss their latest research on attitudes to assisted-dying from the point of view of… Audio
Euthanasia debate raises awareness over palliative care challenges
The palliative care sector says it's happy the euthanasia debate has raised awareness over the inequities and challenges it faces. Audio
Jan Bernheim - Belgium's end-of-life expertise
Belgian professor Jan Bernheim is one of the world's leading experts in palliative care and medically assisted dying and a senior researcher at the End-of-Life Care Research Group at the Vrije… Audio
Ros Capper: The Accidental Carer
Ros Capper is the author of The Accidental Carer: A Practical Guide Through Uncertainty by Palliative Home Carers which is informed by her experience of caring for her terminally ill husband. Audio
The communication skills of health professionals
Palliative care medical specialist, Anne O'Callaghan on improving communication between health professionals and terminally ill patients and their families. Her recently completed PhD looked in part… Audio
Dr Meera Agar on end of life care
Death and dying is a subject most of us are reluctant to talk about. Dr Meera Agar believes demystifying the process can help us provide better care for the terminally ill. Meera Agar is a professor… Audio
Man plans tractor trek after wife's death
Ten vintage tractors will travel the length of New Zealand next month to raise awareness and money for Hospice New Zealand.
Morphine brought from home to deal with mother's pain
A woman in her 50s dying of cancer in an Oamaru rest home got such poor palliative care her daughter brought more morphine from home to deal with her agony. Audio
Maori palliative care stories become nursing resource
A new resource for Maori palliative care has been developed by a team at the University of Auckland's School of Nursing. Audio
The Dying Room
Dr Brian Ensor, Director of Palliative Care and Wendie Ayley, clinical nurse specialist, are both from Mary Potter Hospice in Wellington. Next week the hospice is holding a conference for health… Audio
Spiritual Outlook for 15 March 2015
How a ceramic garden is providing comfort to the whanau of Mercy Hospice in Auckland. Audio
Have warnings over palliative care workforce been heeded?
Dr Jonathan Adler is a member of the Palliative Medicine Training and Coordination Committee and Clinical Leader of the Wellington Regional Hospital Palliative Care Service. Audio
Spiritual Outlook for 22 September 2013
Spiritual Outlook explores a Buddhist perspective on palliative care, during a visit to Auckland's Amitabha Hospice. Audio
Baroness Ilora Finlay of Llandaff
Palliative care and euthanasia Professor of palliative medicine at Cardiff University School of Medicine, and a life peer since 2001, who is visiting New Zealand for a conference and public meeting on… Audio
