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End-of-Life Care and Decision-Making - Guidelines

Rescinded: This document is no longer current

Summary

These guidelines set out a process for reaching end-of-life decisions. This process promotes communication among the treating team and with patients and families, compassionate and appropriate treatment decisions, fairness, and seeks to safeguard both patients and health professionals. This Guidelines supersedes Dying with Dignity: Interim Guidelines on Management.
File link: End-of-Life Care and Decision-Making - Guidelines
File size: 425 KB
Document type: Guideline
Document number: GL2005_057
Publication date: 21 March 2005
Author branch: Office of the Chief Health Officer
Branch contact: 9391 9465
Review date: 29 June 2019
Policy manual: Patient Matters
File number: 03/4776-2
Previous reference: N/A
Status: Rescinded
Rescinded by: End of Life Care and Decision-Making [GL2021_004]
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End-of-Life Care and Decision-Making - Guidelines

Functional group

  • Clinical/Patient Services - Medical Treatment, Aged Care, Nursing and Midwifery, Nursing homes

Applies to

  • Area Health Services/Chief Executive Governed Statutory Health Corporation
  • Board Governed Statutory Health Corporations
  • Affiliated Health Organisations
  • Affiliated Health Organisations - Declared
  • Divisions of General Practice
  • NSW Ambulance Service
  • Private Hospitals and day Procedure Centres
  • Public Hospitals

Distributed to

  • Public Health System
  • Ministry of Health

Audience

  • ALL