The purpose of this background paper was to present a précis of the policy and clinical framework for end-of-life care within the Australian acute healthcare setting and as interpreted by consumers, clinicians and policy makers in 2013.
This tool has been developed to assist health service organisations implement open disclosure in accordance with the Australian Open Disclosure Framework.
The Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard supports quality improvement by health services and clinicians. This is the first version, published in 2014.