List of current research studies

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 Audit of the Incidence, Mechanism, Aetiology and Management of Nausea and Vomiting in Patients at a Comprehensive Cancer Centre

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

Assessing the Impact of 'Catastrophizing' on the Measurement of Pain Intensity in Cancer Patients

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

Caring for the dying other: Mapping the ethical dimension of Hospice Palliative Care Practice

Decision making frameworks in advanced dementia: links to improved care

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 Palliative Care Needs Assessment Intervention

Evaluation of the Rural Palliative Care Program

General Practitioners & Palliative Care Study

Improving end-of-life care at Canossa

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

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

Palliative Nursing in Residential Aged Care

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

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

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 use of Levomepromazine in Palliation (TULIP)

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

 

This page was created on 07 May 2007
This page was last updated on 03 September 2007