end-of-life care
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News
Palliative care reimagined: the compassionate communities model
It has been suggested that the western world has lost its 'death literacy' as we increasingly look to outsource end of…
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News
Too few talk end of life: peak
We make plans for our holidays, careers and families but a new study shows just how many Australians baulk when…
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Industry & Reform
Giving Australians the death they’d prefer
In 2004, chief executive Kim Macgowan was chatting with The District Nurses team and came across a student nurse who…
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Clinical Practice
Palliative care standards open for feedback
Peak body calls for comment to help shape new, streamlined set of guidelines for best practice. Australia’s peak organisation for…
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Specialty Focus
Different paths, one end
Three different types of palliative care specialists discuss their roles and how to serve patients better. By Dallas Bastian. The…
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Clinical Practice
Death’s ethical dimension
We are more likely to pass away in hospital, among strangers, than at home surrounded by our own, which places…
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Clinical Practice
Palliative Care Week update
Following Palliative Care Week, professor Patsy Yates, president of Palliative Care Australia, explains the role nurses can play. Throughout our…
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A commitment to quality care
For a number of reasons, not everyone who needs good end-of-life care is able to receive it, writes Yvonne Luxford…
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Pathways to a better death
New research has highlighted how ‘care pathways’ can help GPs and aged care staff work together to plan ‘end of…
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Call for more classes on life’s final chapter
A leading educator says nurses and other health professionals need to be taught more about how different cultural groups approach…
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