Calls for comment on conflict resolution report
The Conflict Resolution in End of Life Settings Project (CRELS) project was conducted by New South Wales (NSW) Health in 2009.
A multidisciplinary working group examined the causes of these disputes often, though not always, between a patient’s family and the health care team about whether to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatments in dying patients.
A number of recommendations are made that aim to prevent, mitigate or manage these conflicts.
NSW Health is seeking comment on this Report, which can be accessed at http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/pubs/2010/conflict_resolution.html
If you wish to comment, do so by 25 June 2010 to Julie Letts, Principal Policy Analyst (Clinical Ethics), Research, Ethics and Public Health Training Branch, NSW Health, LMB 961 North Sydney, NSW 2059 or jlett@doh.health.nsw.gov.au
