Lawful Withdrawal: Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Care.

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A free public lecture presented by
QUT Faculty of Health,
Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education
and Palliative Care Queensland

Perspectives of this most important issue will be presented by experts from the legal, nursing and medical professions, with the target audience being members of the general community and persons involved in a professional role in palliative care.

When

Wednesday 7 July 2004 from 5.00pm to 7.00pm

Where

Room 406, Z Block. Queensland University of Technology (Gardens Point City Campus)

Download the brochure for more information [pdf]
Download the program for more information [pdf]

Chair

Mr Ben White - QUT Faculty of Law.

Speakers

• Associate Professor Lindy Willmott - QUT Faculty of Law [ppt and paper]
• Dr Mark Deuble - Palliative Care Physician, The Wesley Hospital [ppt]
• Ms Sally Patterson - Registered Nurse [ppt]
• Ms Paula Scully - Adult Guardian [ppt]
• Dr Colleen Cartwright - Senior Research Fellow in the Academic Unit in Geriatric Medicine, Princess Alexandra Hospital [ppt]

Panel

• Ms Veronica Casey - Executive Director of Aged and Disability Residential Services, Prince Charles Hospital Health Service District
• Ms Annette Anning - Investigator, Health Rights Commission
• Dr Nikki Blackwell - Palliative Care Specialist, Intensive Care Senior Registrar, Princess Alexandra Hospital
• Dr Gerry FitzGerald - Chief Health Officer, Queensland Health

Related links

• View details for Death, Decisions and the Law, a QUT CLE/Masters Unit

If you are interested in more information about making decisions about your own medical care or the care of those close to you, you may be interested in the following links from the websites of the Adult Guardian and the Department of Justice and Attorney-General

• Who would make your health-care decisions if you couldn't?
• How do I make a health-care decision for a person with impaired capacity?
• Enduring Powers of Attorney
• Advance Health Directives
• Download copies of the forms needed to complete an Enduring Power of Attorney or an Advance Health Directive

View the first public lecture in this series entitled The Edge of Palliative Care: A Question of Intent

Registration Pack

• Further information for the public
• Further information for health care professionals
• Copy of an advance health directive
• View brochure for Death, Decisions and the Law, a QUT CLE/Masters Unit
• Brochures produced by the Adult Guardian
  • The Role and Functions of the Adult Guardian
  • Statutory Health Attorneys
• Other material from the Registration Pack (such as information about the QUT Faculty of Law, the Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education, Palliative Care Queensland and the Health Rights Commission) is available by clicking on the links to these organisations above.

Video

The QUT Law Faculty is producing a video of this public lecture for those who were unable to attend. The details for ordering are set out below. We anticipate that the editing, sorting and distribution process may take some time so we thank you for your patience.

• If you are located outside the Brisbane metropolitan area
  A number of videos will be available free of charge. This is possible as a result of a community service initiative financed by QUT. As there are only a limited number of copies available, priority will be given to those requests that demonstrate need and continued use of the material.
• If you are located within the Brisbane metropolitan area
  The video will be available on a cost recovery basis.

To order your copy of the video, please register your details via email