Background Reflective writing (RW) allows physicians to step back, review their thoughts,
goals and actions and recognise how their perspectives, motives and emotions impact their …

Background Effective mentorship is an important component of medical education with
benefits to all stakeholders. In recent years, conceptualization of mentorship has gone …

Background Introduction to a multi-professional team who are working and caring for the
dying, and facing complex moral and ethical dilemmas during Oncology and Palliative …

Background Efforts to support flagging mentoring programs facing shortages of experienced
clinical mentors have had an unexpected and welcome effect. Supplementing traditional …

Background A socioculturally appropriate appreciation of dignity is pivotal to the effective
provision of care for dying patients. Yet concepts of dignity remain poorly defined. To …

Background Mentoring relationships play a critical but poorly understood role in mentoring's
overall success. To overcome these knowledge gaps, a study of mentee experiences in the …

Introduction The debate on assisted dying and its components, euthanasia and physician-
assisted suicide has evolved with the emergence of the right to dignity and the wish to …

Background Mentoring's success in nurturing professional identity formation (PIF) has been
attributed to its ability to build personalised and enduring mentoring relationships. However …

Background In their care of terminally ill patients, palliative care physicians and oncologists
are increasingly predisposed to physical and emotional exhaustion, or compassion fatigue …

Background The Quality of Care Collaborative Australia (QuoCCA) builds capability in the
generalist and specialist paediatric palliative care (PPC) workforce throughout Australia. It …