palliative care
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Clinical Practice
How to involve kids in their own health care
New research shows children communicate far more in health appointments than adults notice, often through non‑verbal cues such as touch,…
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Aged Care
Give aged care nurses a voice in digital transformation: Research
Researchers are calling for nurses to have more say in the digital transformation of aged and palliative care, as the…
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Clinical Practice
End of life patients suffering unnecessarily due to paid med shortage
In the past year, at least six pain-relief products have become unavailable in Australia. The Australian & New Zealand Society…
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Clinical Practice
Palliative Care Week: Let’s talk about death and dying
An aged care nurse has called for Australians to become more open in conversations about death and dying during National…
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News
Hospital denies man was alive when put in body bag and taken to morgue
A 55-year-old palliative care patient may have been alive when he was put in a body bag and taken to…
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Clinical Practice
Telehealth not enough to replace in-person palliative care: Q&A
As the pandemic fostered the demand for telehealth, a team of researchers asked themselves whether it stood a chance in…
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Specialty Focus
Project uses humour to shed light on palliative care for Indigenous peoples
A new animation starring Indigenous characters uses humour to destigmatise palliative care, grief and death for Aboriginal and Torres Strait…
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Specialty Focus
‘I think we all need a creative outlet and I think nursing, especially now, it’s so demanding’: nurse wins national writing award
After hearing news he had won a national literary award Queensland palliative care nurse Adam Brannigan said he had no…
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Aged Care Royal Commission
‘A watershed moment’: sector reacts to royal commission report and four areas for immediate action
“Get cracking.” That’s the overwhelming call from advocacy groups in response to the release of the aged care royal commission’s…
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