A ‘good death’ has a price – and a new study shows not everyone in palliative care can afford it

By Henrietta Byrne, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, University of Sydney
Alex Broom, Professor of Sociology & Director, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, University of Sydney
Katherine Kenny, ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, University of Sydney

When your loved one is in palliative care, the last thing you want to think about is money. But new research shows financial stress at this difficult time is front and centre.

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