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There are many different perspectives that shape how individuals and societies perceive death and dying. Jennifer Tieman reflects on the value and importance of the Dying2Learn MOOC program and discusses opportunities to improve the delivery of services and care at the end of life.  

Learn how the priorities of people over 85 shift as they age through advance care planning documents. Xanthe Sansome, National Director for Advance Care Planning Australia, shares valuable insights on what matters to them and their views on end-of-life care.

During National Advance Care Planning Week from 20 - 26 March, everyone is encouraged to think and talk about what matters most to us and how we want to live, right up to our last breath. Advance Care Planning Australia, National Program Director Xanthe Sansome discusses how to honour loved ones through advance care planning. 

More people are self-identifying as Death Doulas (DDs) around the world and increasingly, have appeared in the media. Dr. Joana Liz Pimenta discusses her research into the portrayal of DDs in the media - and the reason for their emergence. 

In the third blog for our 2021 Oceanic Palliative Care Conference series, Ms Deb Rawlings, Senior Lecturer in Palliative Care at Flinders University and Dr Lauren Miller-Lewis, Positive Psychology Lecturer at CQ University, discuss the reflections of Dying2Learn 2020 participants regarding changes to funerals during COVID-19.