Dr Erica Cameron-Taylor, palliative care specialist

By Rosemarie Milsom
May 16 2014 - 9:00pm
BEDSIDE: Palliative care doctor Erica Cameron-Taylor has published a book to help GPs and nurses manage effective care of those with terminal illness. Picture: Phil Hearne
BEDSIDE: Palliative care doctor Erica Cameron-Taylor has published a book to help GPs and nurses manage effective care of those with terminal illness. Picture: Phil Hearne

SITTING amid the bustling lunch-time crowd with their sandwiches and sushi at the Mater Hospital cafe, a conversation about dying may seem inappropriate. But in many ways this is the perfect place. Because of Australia's steadily increasing rate of chronic disease and obesity, it is likely that we, or someone we love, will spend time in hospital before we die.

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