Palliative Care

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Supporting all nurses to take on their role in palliative care

HealthTimes - 14-11-2022

Demand for care at the end of life is set to shape our health care system. What is required and makes a difference is encapsulated in palliative care. This is more than providing

 
More palliative care nurses for rural SA

AAP - 25-10-2022

The South Australian government will recruit 10 more specialist palliative care nurses to bolster end-of-life services in regional communities. The government

 
You're not my palliative care nurse - you're my pal

Charlotte Mitchell - 02-06-2021

Amidst the immense tragedy and sadness of caring for people with a terminal illness, one palliative care nurse has shared stories of the human resilience that have inspired

 
The 'extraordinary' peace of voluntary assisted dying

Charlotte Mitchell - 18-05-2021

After Victoria became the first state to pass voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws in 2019, South Australia is currently on track to become the fourth state in the country

 
Government invests $57 million to improve palliative care

Health Times - 01-06-2020

The Australian Government is investing $57.2 million to improve palliative care in aged care facilities across Australia. Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians,

 
Church leaders in Queensland are against voluntary euthanasia

AAP - 23-08-2019

Church leaders are calling for better palliative care while addressing a Queensland inquiry into voluntary euthanasia sitting in Brisbane on Thursday.

 
Review calls for better care in our dying days

HealthTimes - 05-08-2019

A new paper from The Australian National University (ANU) highlighting failings with palliative care and how we are cared for when we die. The paper is co-authored

 
Emergency department doctors have challenges evaluating quality of life, research shows

HealthTimes - 18-06-2019

Providing greater opportunity for patients to have discussions around long-term health management before an acute event occurs could support better goals of care conversations

 
Law backs doctors who prescribe opioids to the dying

HealthTimes - 03-06-2019

Some doctors fear litigation and professional ruin if they are seen to have overprescribed opioids to terminally ill patients, according to a University of Queensland researcher.

 
More Australians than ever before are going into palliative care

AAP - 22-05-2019

As sick Australians are facing the end of their life, an increasing number are turning to palliative care, a report has found. More Australians

 

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