Journal articles

Evaluation of a project to raise community awareness of suicide risk among older men (with Helen Bartlett and Catherine Travers), Journal of Mental Health (2008)

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a population-based strategy designed to raise awareness in the...

 

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Impact of specialty on attitudes of Australian medical practitioners to end-of-life decisions (with Malcolm H. Parker and Gail M. Williams), Medical Journal of Australia (2008)

Objective: To compare attitudes and practices of Australian medical practitioners, by specialty, to a range...

 

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Influence of physicians' life-stance on attitudes towards end-of-life decisions and actual end-of-life decision-making in six countries (with Joachim Cohen, J van Delden, Freddy Mortier, Rurik Lofmark, Michael Norup, Karin Faisst, C Canova, and J Bilsen), Journal of Medical Ethics (2008)

Aim: To examine how physicians’ life stances affect their attitudes to end-of-life decisions and their...

 

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Physicians' experiences with end-of-life decision-making: Survey in 6 European countries and Australia (with Rurik Lofmark, Tore Nilstun, Susanne Fischer, Agnes van der Heide, Freddy Mortier, Michael Norup, Lorenzo Simonato, and Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen), BMC Medicine (2008)

Background: In this study we investigated (a) to what extent physicians have experience with performing...

 
Advance care planning in Australia: challenges of a federal legislative system, Progress in Palliative Care (2007)
There is increasing attention in Australia and internationally on advance care planning (ACP), a process...
 
Affordable rental housing for older people in Australia: What do older people want?, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (2007)
This study aims to determine the perspectives of older community members and service providers in...
 
One step forward, two steps back: advance care planning, Australian regulatory frameworks and the Australian Medical Association (with Malcolm H. Parker, C Stewart, and L Willmott), Internal Medicine Journal (2007)
The Australian Medical Association has recently adopted a policy position concerning advance care planning, which...
 
Physician discussions with terminally ill patients: a cross-national comparison (with Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Gail M. Williams, Karin Faisst, Freddy Mortier, Tore Nilstun, Michael Norup, Agnes van der Heide, and Guido Miccinesi), Palliative Medicine (2007)
A major issue in the care of terminally ill patients is communication and information provision....
 
Access to death certificates: What should research ethics committees require for approval? (with Tore Nilstun, Rurik Lofmark, L Deliens, Susanne Fischer, Guido Miccinesi, Michael Norup, and Agnes van der Heide), Annals of Epidemiology (2006)

Purpose: To present and discuss the reactions of research ethics committees (RECs) in a number...

 

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Advance care planning: rights and responsibilities, Australian Health Consumer (2006)
Advance care planning allows competent patients to record their wishes for treatment they would or...
 
Does being against euthanasia legislation equate to being anti-euthanasia? (with Gail M. Williams, Malcolm H. Parker, and Margaret A. Steinberg), Internal Medicine Journal (2006)
This study investigated issues raised in qualitative data from our previous studies of health professionals...
 
End-of-life decision making in Europe and Australia: a physician survey (with Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Susanne Fischer, L Deliens, Guido Miccinesi, Michael Norup, Tore Nilstun, Agnes van der Heide, and Gerrit van der Wal), Archives of Internal Medicine (2006)

Background: The frequencies with which physicians make different medical end-of-life decisions (ELDs) may differ between...

 
How can we develop a leadership capability framework for non-profit Australian health and community care organisations? (with Shankar Sankaran, A Shepherd, and J Kelly), International Journal of Health & Ageing Management (2006)

Purpose of the paper: To review the literature on leadership development in the for-proft sector...

 
Mental health literacy in rural Queensland: results of a community survey (with Helen Bartlett, Catherine Travers, and Norman Smith), Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (2006)
Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the awareness of, and attitudes to,...
 
Palliative care training: a survey among physicians in Australia and Europe (with Tore Nilstun, Rurik Lofmard, Freddy Mortier, G Bosshard, Agnes van der Heide, Michael Norup, Lorenzo Simonato, and Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen), Journal of Palliative Care (2006)
The purpose of this paper is to present data about the level and background characteristics...
 
Physicians’ attitudes towards end-of-life decisions: a comparison between seven countries (with Guido Miccinesi, Susanne Fischer, E Paci, Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Agnes van der Heide, Tore Nilstun, Michael Norup, and Freddy Mortier), Social Science & Medicine (2005)
In the context of an European collaborative research project (EURELD), a study on attitudes towards...
 
Advance care planning and end of life decision making (with Malcolm H. Parker), Australian Family Physician (2004)

BACKGROUND Aging populations with greater rates of cognitive decline demand increased attention to the issues...

 
A sustainable programme to prevent falls and near-falls in community-dwelling older people: results of a randomised trial (with Margaret A. Steinberg, Nancy M. Peel, and Gail M. Williams), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (2000)
STUDY OBJECTIVE---In the causative mechanism of falls among older community dwellers, slips and trips have...
 
Advance health care planning and the GP. Is it time to move forward? (with H Hawkins), Australian Family Physician (2000)
AIM: Legislation relating to advance health care planning was introduced into Queensland in 1998. All...
 
End-of-life decision-making: practical and ethical issues for health professionals, Australasian Journal on Ageing (2000)
Life-extending changes in medical technology and an ageing population pose practical and ethical problems relating...
 
PEG [percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy] feeding, dementia and the need for policies and guidelines: opinion (with Margaret A. Steinberg), Australasian Journal on Ageing (2000)
The author discusses the need for well structured policies and guidelines for the decision to...
 
Monitoring slips, trips and falls in the older community: preliminary results (with Nancy M. Peel and Margaret A. Steinberg), Health Promotion Journal of Australia (1998)
Falls among older people are an important health issue because of their frequency and associated...
 
Community development in primary health care: an Australian experience (with Margaret Shapiro and Sylvia M. McDonald), Community Development Journal (1995)
 
Decision-making in terminal care: older people seek more involvement (with Margaret A. Steinberg), Social Alternatives (1995)
 

Books and Reports

A multi-disciplinary approach to advance care planning: pilot study report (with J Phillips and J Rodwell), Aged Services Learning and Research Centre Papers (2006)
 
Medical decisions at the end of life: attitudes and practices of Australian medical practitioners (with Gail M. Williams, Malcolm H. Parker, and Margaret A. Steinberg), Report to the National Health and Medical Research Council, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland (2006)
 
Cross-government project to address social isolation among older people: evaluation report (with Helen Bartlett), Aged Services Learning and Research Centre Papers (2004)
 
Community and health/allied health professionals’ attitudes to euthanasia: what are the driving forces? Report to the National Health and Medical Research Council (with Gail M. Williams, Margeret A. Steinberg, and J M. Najman), Aged Services Learning and Research Centre Papers (2002)
 
Review of specific aspects of the Far Northern Queensland Aged Care Assessment Team, report for Queensland Health (with L Gray), Australasian Centre on Ageing, The University of Queensland (2002)
 
Suicide prevention among older men: Project evaluation report, prepared for Seniors Interests Unit, Queensland Department of Families (with D McLaughlin and Helen Bartlett), Australasian Centre on Ageing, The University of Queensland (2002)
 
Attitudes of Australian doctors, nurses and community members towards physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, Clinical and epidemiological aspects of end-of-life decision-making (2001)
 
End-of-life decision-making: perspectives of Northern Territory doctors, nurses and community members (with G W. Robinson, Margaret A. Steinbert, Gail M. Williams, and W B. Tyler), University of Queensland, Dept. of Social and Preventive Medicine and Centre for Social Research, Northern Territory University (1998)
 

Book chapters

Ageing, health and illness (with V Parker), Living with illness : psychosocial challenges for nursing (2005)
 
Mental capacity in medical practice and advance care planning: clinical, ethical and legal issues (with Malcolm H. Parker), Mental capacity: powers of attorney and advance health directives (2005)
 
Ageing and its problems (with B K. Nair), Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Women's Health (2003)
 
The '60 and Better' project: creating a healthier community for older people, Healthy cities: reshaping the urban environment (1992)
 

Popular press

Test-retest reliability of the soleus H-reflex is affected by joint positions and force levels (with Yungsheng Chen, Shi Zhou, Zachary Crowley, Rob Baglin, and Fang Wang), 8th Annual Conference of the Society of Chinese Scholars on Exercise Physiology and Fitness (2009)

The H-reflex has been extensively used to exam the spinal motoneuron excitability. However, no report...

 

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Conference publications

Affordable rental housing for older people in Australia: What do older people want? (Presentation), Healthy ageing and longevity : third international conference, International Research Centre for Healthy Ageing and Longevity (IRCHAL) (2006)
 
Prevention of falls and near-falls in community-dwelling older people: a randomised trial (with Nancy M. Peel, Margaret A. Steinberg, and Gail M. Williams), Readings in Injury Prevention and Control: proceedings of the Third National Conference on Injury Prevention and Control (1999)
 
Attitudes of the community and health care providers to various aspects of the death debates (with Malcolm H. Parker and Margaret A. Steinberg), 10th National Bioethics Conference, March 24-25 (1996)
 
Increased choice: challenges ahead for residential care (with M J. Clark and Margaret A. Steinberg), The challenges of choice and change: 9th Annual Conference of Aged Care Australia (1996)