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Delivering bad news about life-limiting illnesses can be complex and challenging, even for experienced health professionals. Elizabeth Miller highlights skills to help health professionals deliver this news. 

Cancer cachexia remains a complex unmet need in oncology, despite its high prevalence and high impact. Professor Peter Martin and Dr. Vanessa Vaughan discuss their findings from their study to improve best practice around the disease. 

Dr. Marcus Sellars, Prof. Ben White, Prof. Patsy Yates and Prof. Lindy Willmott discuss their findings about Australian general practitioners (GPs) knowledge of end-of-life law and experiences in practice at the end of life.

The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act was passed by the South Australian Parliament on 24 June 2021. Kate Swetenham, Clinical Lead for End of Life Care at SA Health, shares information on the Act and the next steps.

Often palliative care is seen as a taboo subject within residential aged care. Janelle White, a registered nurse who specialises in palliative care, highlights why this should not be the case and describes the Palliative Aged Care Outcomes Program (PACOP) that aims to overcome this.