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GPs play a major role in providing palliative care within communities given they often have well-established relationships with those seeking palliative and end-of-life care. 

This webinar provides practical guidelines to GPs on ethics and decision making at end-of-life. It will cover clinical ethics, ethical issues at end of life and aim to identify each individual’s ethical underpinnings when dealing with death, dying and end-of-life decisions. The webinar will also provide an overview of advance care planning and its importance in decision-making, as well as the impact advance care planning can have on grief and bereavement. 

Presenters:

Dr. Linda Sheahan (SESLHD Palliative Care Physician and Clinical Ethics Consultant), Dr. Chris Pene, Palliative Medicine Specialist, SVHN, and Brendan Myhill, Bereavement Research Officer, SLHD.

Learning outcomes:

• Demonstrate what clinical ethics is, and how it relates to clinical decision making. 

• Assess understanding of death, dying and end of life decision making in the context of their ethical underpinnings. 

• Identify and discuss common ethical issues arising at end of life. 

• Identify when to initiate advance care planning discussion. 

• Describe process of developing an Advance Care Directive. 

• Understand how healthcare at End of Life can impact bereavement experiences 

• Understand the relationship between Advance Care Planning and bereavement experiences. 

Target audience: GPs, Nurses, Practice Staff, and Practice Managers.