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List of current research studies
A double-blind, dose-ranging study to determine the optimal dose of oral morphine or oxycodone needed to treat breakthrough pain for people on regular opioid in the palliative care setting. A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled titrated dose pilot study of sertraline in people with refractory breathlessness. An audit of the incidence, mechanism, aetiology and management of nausea and vomiting in patients at a comprehensive cancer centre A palliative approach for people with declining health, living in hostel accommodation: the state of play A phenomenological exploration of the lived experience of malignant wounds from the perspective of patients, carers and nursing staff. Application of a clinical typology for terminal restlessness A prospective, randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, cross-over study of the efficacy of sustained-release low dose morphine in the subjective sensation of dyspnoea due to maximally treated primary pulmonary hypertension in opioid naive participants. A qualitative exploration of the needs of patients with severe COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) A randomised, double-blind placebo controlled study of subcutaneous ketamine in the management of cancer pain A randomised double blind placebo controlled trail of infusional subcutaneous octreotide in the management of malignant bowel obstruction in people with advanced cancer A randomised, open-label, single centre, cross-over study to assess the safety and efficacy of methoxyflurane (PenthroxTM) for the treatment of incident pain in patients undergoing radiotherapy Assessment of post-operative pain management in patient undergoing surgery in a cancer hospital: An audit using the VQC Pain Assessment Tool-kit Bayside Palliative Carers Support Group Can the needs of caregivers of patients with advanced cancer be met using a GP Caregiver Needs Toolkit? Caring for the dying other: Mapping the ethical dimension of hospice palliative care practice Comparison of palliative care outcome measures used to assess the quality of palliative care provided in residential aged care facilities: A systematic review Decision making frameworks in advanced dementia: links to improved care Development of a statewide coordinated specialist and generalised palliative medicine training program Epidemiological study of patterns of hospitalisation in patients who die with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Evaluation of a palliative care needs assessment intervention Evaluation of the Care Planning sub-program of the Local Palliative Care Grants Program Evaluation of the palliative care needs assessment intervention Exploration of the requirements and feasibility for a Victorian Palliative Care Research Collaborative “Finding Hope and Meaning at a time of Uncertainty” General Practitioners & Palliative Care Study Group education program for family caregivers of home based palliative care patients Helping family caregivers of palliative care patients manage their role: Evaluation of a hospital based group education intervention How do GPs provide palliative care in rural and remote Queensland? Implementation of a comprehensive evidence based palliative approach in residential aged care (CEBPRAC) Improving end-of-life care at Canossa Improving the psychological wellbeing of family caregivers of home based palliative care patients: A randomised controlled trial Information and communications technologies (ICT), eHealth literacy, individual differences in thinking dispositions and retention and academic performance in postgraduate palliative studies Informing the development of a model of care for patients with end stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): what ate their care needs and are they being met? IPP-SHR and Redland Hospital Collaboration - Ethical decision making in a health care setting including findings on end of life care Life threatening cancer across the lifespan: Examining the relevance of music to patients and their companions Liverpool Care Pathway project Living and dying at home with dementia: who decides? Managing diabetes at the end of life Needs based access to specialist palliative care services: Development and preliminary evaluation of a Consumer Toolkit Older women's experiences of widowhood in the first twelve months following bereavement Opioid Conversion Ratios: Is there an Australian consensus Opioids in dyspnoea - an open label, prospective, dose ranging effectiveness study of sustained-release opioids in the subjective sensation of dyspnoea in opioid naive patients in the palliative care setting. Oxygen to relieve dyspnoea in non-hypoxaemic patients with end-stage heart failure (Oxygen-HF) Palliative care education: Does it influence future practice? Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration Palliative care needs assessment program: Dissemination of the Palliative Care Needs Assessment Guidelines and Needs Assessment Tool: Progressive Disease - Cancer (NAT:PD-C) Palliative care needs assessment program: Generalising cancer needs based resources to heart failure Palliative nursing in residential aged care Prospective study of predictors of the diagnosis of delirium or future development of the delirium: the association between serum anticholinergic levels and diagnosis or future development of delirium in palliative care patients with advanced cancer Randomised control trial of oral risperidone, oral haloperidol, and oral placebo with rescue subcutaneous midazolam in the management of delirium in palliative care inpatients Randomised, double blind control trial of megestrol acetate, dexamethasone and placebo in the management of anorexia in people with cancer The development and implementation of an evidence-based palliative care teaching program for hospital junior medical staff The effect of self-selected music on adults' anxiety and subjective experience during their first radiotherapy treatment The evaluation of models of community after hours palliative care The Partners and Caregivers Study: A longitudinal study of the psychosocial outcomes of the partners/caregivers of cancer survivors. The relevance of music for adolescents and young adults (15-25 years) diagnosed with cancer The Supportive Care Needs Survey for Partners and Caregivers of cancer survivors: Development and psychometric evaluation The use of levomepromazine in palliation (TULIP) 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 What factors influence the use of advance directives by Baby Boomers in South Australia?
Epidemiological study of patterns of hospitalisation in patients who die with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
How do GPs provide palliative care in rural and remote Queensland?
This page was created on 07 May 2007 Last updated 1 March 2010