Authors

is a registered nurse who has been researching palliative care for older people for the past 20 years. 

is a lecturer in accounting at the University of Technology Sydney Business School.

provides banking and financial services across Australia and around the world.

is Deputy Editor, Health + Medicine, The Conversation Australia.

is Senior Deputy Section Editor: Health + Medicine, The Conversation Australia.

is a Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Respiratory Environmental Health team at the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre.

is a registered private health insurance provider for doctors and the medical community.

is a Senior Lecturer in Immunology at Cardiff Metropolitan University.

Ms Barnes is Acting Medical Recruitment Officer at WA Country Health Service.

is National Director of Active Living at the National Heart Foundation of Australia.