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Talking about end-of-life

The APS convened a roundtable on end-of-life care and choices in October 2017.

The APS has been actively involved in ensuring that psychology has a voice in current debates around end-of-life issues and care. Thirty psychologists and others with relevant expertise came together to have important conversations about the role of psychologists at the end of life.

Key presentations on assisted dying legislation, grief and bereavement, palliative care, residential aged care, and legal and ethical considerations were followed by focused group discussion.

Watch the presentations below.

Policy context

Dr Sarah Edelman MAPS - Assisted dying bills and implications for psychologists

Roles for psychologists

Mr Chris Hall MAPS and Dr Lauren Breen MAPS

Death, dying, bereavement and palliative care

 

Dr Julie Bajic Smith MAPS

End-of-life issues and residential aged care

Ethical and legal issues

Professor Alfred Allan FAPS

Professional ethics and clients' end-of-life decisions

 

Professor Chris Willcox MAPS

Suicide and end-of-life

View presentation slides