By Alan Matheson…
A couple of thoughtful articles on dying:
* “Good intentions lead to bad deaths”,The Australian 17.10.11
* “Advance care planning & end - of – life”, The Medical Journal of Australia 2011;195 (8):435-436 Editorial,
The MJA Editorial (above) has a link to “Advance Care Planning:If your choices for future health care are known,they can be respected”, http://www.respectingpatientchoices.org. au/
Also linked is the “Code of Ethical Standards for Catholic Health & Aged Care Services in Australia’; NB “Basic Principles” P.1-10 on ‘mission’,’respect’,’justice’,collaboration’,& ‘solidarity & mystery of suffering & death’.
Might be very familiar with a lot of readers but I found the press article intriguing,& then found the MJA could be acessed on line.Always good to read something which is not normally read.
In part the issue caught my eye after watching Peter Cundall on,”Life’s Big Questions”(ABC Compass) 16.10.11
Alan
PS You might find the discussion on the effectiveness of tobacco taxes also interesting;one of the MJA articles,
Dawn Wail for the Dead
Dim light of daybreak now
faintly over the sleeping camp.
Old lubra first to wake remembers
First thing every dawn
Remember the dead,cry for them.
softly at first her wail begins,
One by one they wake and hear,
Join in the cry and the whole camp
Wails for the dead,the poor dead
Gone from here to the Dark Place:
They are remembered.
Then it is over,life now,
Fires lit,laughter now,
And a new day calling.Oddgeroo of the tribe Noonuccal (“Spirit Song,A Collection of Aboriginal Poetry” 1993)
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