Telling loved ones your end-of-life preferences lightens the load for everyone

End-of-life conversations offer a host of benefits to people facing death, and to their families and friends. They provide opportunities to explore and define the kind of care we want as we approach our last days and moments. …

I made the morning train by a minute, which felt like a good omen on what was to be a day of new beginnings. There was just one passenger, a sleeper, curled on the first seat to the left on the downstairs carriage of the 06:59 train from Glenbrook to…

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was…

As Australians, we like to think of ourselves as an easy-going, laid back lot who take life’s ups and down in our stride, but the truth is we have become a nation of critics and whingers, all too ready to complain and critique our leaders (and each other) for our…

Medical experts have convinced me to avoid the AstraZeneca jab. This is unfortunate because widespread hesitancy about taking the AstraZeneca vaccine means that millions of Australians continue to be at risk of being infected with coronavirus (COVID19).

Concerns about side-effects top the list of reasons for vaccine hesitancy according to…

The universal right to a self-determined death affirms the view that peo­ple are capable of autonomous choices concerning the desire for a rational suicide, and that this right is beyond the claims and restrictions of any law or institution.

The Swiss Criminal Code of 1937 comes closest to enshrining this…

The NSW Health Minister is denying equity to dying people in the Nepean Blue Mountains region

The lack of a palliative care unit in the Nepean Blue Mountains local health district worsened the end-of-life care for a local motor mechanic and caused frustration and anger for his family.

This wasn’t…

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is ill-equipped to lead the cultural changes being demanded by Australian women.

There are many reasons for this but foremost is the fact that Mr Morrison is, like many other men leading major institutions, a product and beneficiary of a male culture that trains and rewards…