CareSearch palliative care knowledge network is an online resource consolidating evidence-based and quality information for various groups within the palliative care community. The website has been funded by the Australian Government as part of the National Palliative Care Program.

A series of concepts have driven the development of the CareSearch project:

• The role of  evidence from creation to application, " the knowledge translation cycle"
• The multidisciplinary nature of palliative care
• The concept of a palliative care community, that is, both those providing palliative care and those affected by the need for palliative care 
• Granularity,  or the idea of the size and scale of components and their relationships within a system, that enables users to find specific information and enter at different points within the website
• Quality processes to ensure trustworthiness and relevance of content
• Currency of information being supported by processes that enable information to be regularly updated 
• Relationship between the print and web page so they can function independently as sources of information.

This project is a work in progress that reflects the changing nature of palliative care needs and practice and the underlying evidence and literature base that supports clinical care and service delivery.

This page was created on 30 April 2008