Completed Studies

List of completed research studies

Accompanying them home : the ethics of hospice palliative care

A comprehensive discharge planning strategy to enhance hospital-to-home transition for patients with life limiting illness: optimizing communication across primary-secondary settings

Adelaide Hills Palliative Care Project (National Rural Palliative Care Program)

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A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled titrated dose pilot study of sertraline in people with refractory breathlessness.

A multi-centre randomised double-blind controlled trial of oxygen versus air for the relief of breathlessness in terminally-ill patients with intractable dyspnoea and Pa02>55mmHg

An international multi-centre validation study of a pain classification system for advanced cancer pain

A phenomenological exploration of the lived experience of malignant wounds from the perspective of patients, carers and nursing staff.

Assessing the impact of 'catastrophizing' on the measurement of pain intensity in cancer patients

A study of the integration of health promotion principles and practice in palliative care organisations

A study to assess the grief experienced by registered nurses and care aides who work in community palliative care and to identify suitable strategies for support

A very public death - Exploring the needs of a person dying of mesothelioma or asbestos related lung disease

Cancer pain education for patients

Caring Communities: evaluation of a national palliative care program

Comparison of palliative care outcome measures used to assess the quality of palliative care provided in residential aged care facilities: A systematic review

Determining eHealth literacy levels

Dying in the place of choice: End of life care in private hospitals

Evaluating novel methods for delivering non-pharmacological interventions for dyspnoea in patients with lung cancer

Evaluation of a volunteer-based client biography service

Evaluation of an information booklet for family carers of people with dementia website information

Evaluation of GP webpages of the CareSearch website

Evaluation of the Care Planning sub-program of the Local Palliative Care Grants Program

Evaluation of the Rural Palliative Care Program

Exploration of the requirements and feasibility for a Victorian Palliative Care Research Collaborative

Group education program for family caregivers of home based palliative care patients

How do GPs provide palliative care in rural and remote Queensland?

Improving medication management of palliative care patients: Enhancing the role of community pharmacists

Improving paediatric palliative care for rural and remote families: A randomised controlled pilot study of videotelephony

Improving palliative care services for adolescents and young adults with cancer

Integration, coordination and multidisciplinary care - Findings from the literature

- Australian National University publication

IPP-SHR and Redland Hospital Collaboration - Ethical decision making in a health care setting including findings on end of life care

Linking the parts: - Articulating the role of consultant palliative care nurses in acute hospitals

Liverpool Care Pathway project

Managing diabetes at the end of life

Measuring hope and hopelessness in cancer

Objective assessment of the trajectory of the course of illness for end of life non-cancer related diseases - biological, social and environmental determinants

Palliative care dementia interface: Enhancing community capacity

Palliative care search strategy validation - JMLA publication

1. Prospective audit of clinical efficacy and adverse effects of ketamine in the management of cancer pain 2. Clinical use, efficacy and adverse effects of ketamine in the management of cancer pain at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre - a retrospective chart audit

Relevance of Peter Mac's staff Christmas choir to patients, visitors, and staff

Residential - Palliative Approach Competency Study (R-PAC Study)

Retrospective and prospective audit of gabapentin and pre-gablin prescribing for neuropathic pain in a major cancer hospital

Survey of hospice and palliative care bereavement services in Australia

The development of a model of care for haematology and palliative care

The Supportive Care Needs Survey for Partners and Caregivers of cancer survivors: Development and psychometric evaluation

Toward optimal facilitation of family meetings in palliative care

Toward the identification and minimisation of depression and psychological distress in family caregivers of people receiving palliative care

Trial of supportive care strategies for cancer patients in NSW

Validity, reliability and clinical feasibility of a Needs Assessment Tool for people with progressive cancer

What are the decision-making processes that underpin the self-management of persistent pain?

"What happens after dark?" Improving "after hours" palliative care planning in urban and rural Victoria.

This page was created on 07 May 2007
Last updated 09 February 2011