PEPA | Ethics of End of Life Care in General Practice

Target audience:

This workshop is for General Practitioners based in Victoria (Australia) who care for people with a life-limiting illness. Practice Nurses are also welcome to attend.

Topics:

• Ethical theories and frameworks
• Does morphine hasten death? The doctrine of the ‘double effect’
• Artificial hydration and nutrition at the end of life
• When is treatment futile?

Facilitator: Dr Rowan Hearn – Clinical Director Palliative Medicine, Calvary Health Care Bethlehem