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Advance directives	What factors influence the use of advance directives by Baby Boomers in South Australia?
After hours and on call services	The evaluation of models of community after hours palliative care "What happens after dark?" Improving "after hours" palliative care planning in urban and rural Victoria
Aged	Living and dying at home with dementia: who decides? Palliative care dementia interface: Enhancing community capacity Residential - Palliative Approach Competency Study (R-PAC Study) What factors influence the use of advance directives by Baby Boomers in South Australia?
Aged care facility	A palliative approach for people with declining health, living in hostel accommodation: the state of play 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 Implementation of a comprehensive evidence based palliative approach in residential aged care (CEBPRAC) Improving the welfare and end of life experience for residents, families and staff: A case conferencing approach for older people living with advanced dementia or mental illness Palliative care dementia interface: Enhancing community capacity Palliative nursing in residential aged care REACH out in Dementia Residential - Palliative Approach Competency Study (R-PAC Study) What is the effect of Transitioning Hospice patients in the end stages of their life to Residential Aged Care Facilities?
Aged care workers	Palliative nursing in residential aged care
Anorexia, fatigue	Randomised, double blind control trial of megestrol acetate, dexamethasone and placebo in the management of anorexia in people with cancer
Audit	Use of Methylnaltrexone for opioid induced constipation in usual clinical setting
Bereavement	Older women's experiences of widowhood in the first twelve months following bereavement Survey of hospice and palliative care bereavement services in Australia
Bowel obstruction	A randomised double blind placebo controlled trail of infusional subcutaneous octreotide in the management of malignant bowel obstruction in people with advanced cancer
Cancer and cancer care	An audit of the incidence, mechanism, aetiology and management of nausea and vomiting in patients at a comprehensive cancer centre An international multi-centre validation study of a pain classification system for advanced cancer pain A randomised, double-blind placebo controlled study of subcutaneous ketamine in the management of cancer pain Assessing the impact of 'catastrophizing' on the measurement of pain intensity in cancer patients Assessment of post-operative pain management in patients undergoing surgery in a cancer hospital: An audit using the VQC Pain Assessment Tool-kit A very public death - Exploring the needs of a person dying of mesothelioma or asbestos related lung disease Can the needs of caregivers of patients with advanced cancer be met using a General Practitioner Caregiver Needs Toolkit? Group education program for family caregivers of home based palliative care patients Improving palliative care services for adolescents and young adults with cancer Measuring hope and hopelessness in cancer Needs based access to specialist palliative care services: Development and preliminary evaluation of a Consumer Toolkit 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 Retrospective and prospective audit of gabapentin and pre-gablin prescribing for neuropathic pain in a major cancer hospital The Partners and Caregivers Study: A longitudinal study of the psychosocial outcomes of the partners/caregivers of cancer survivors The Supportive Care Needs Survey for Partners and Caregivers of cancer survivors: Development and psychometric evaluation 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
Caregivers	Bayside Palliative Carers Support Group Can the needs of caregivers of patients with advanced cancer be met using a General Practitioner Caregiver Needs Toolkit? Determining eHealth literacy levels Evaluation of an information booklet for family carers of people with dementia 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 Improving the psychological wellbeing of family caregivers of home based palliative care patients: A randomised controlled trial Living and dying at home with dementia: who decides? Needs based access to specialist palliative care services: Development and preliminary evaluation of a Consumer Toolkit The Partners and Caregivers Study: A longitudinal study of the psychosocial outcomes of the partners/caregivers of cancer survivors The Supportive Care Needs Survey for Partners and Caregivers of cancer survivors: Development and psychometric evaluation Toward the identification and minimisation of depression and psychological distress in family caregivers of people receiving palliative care
Care planning	Improving the welfare and end of life experience for residents, families and staff: A case conferencing approach for older people living with advanced dementia or mental illness The long goodbye
Children	Improving paediatric palliative care for rural and remote families: A randomised controlled pilot study of videotelephony
Clinical service delivery	Dying in the place of choice: End of life care in private hospitals Improving end-of-life care at Canossa Liverpool Care Pathway project
Communication Issues	Toward optimal facilitation of family meetings in palliative care
Complementary therapists	Life threatening cancer across the lifespan: Examining the relevance of music to patients and their companions Relevance of Peter Mac's staff Christmas choir to patients, visitors, and staff The effect of self-selected music on adults' anxiety and subjective experience during their first radiotherapy treatment The relevance of music for adolescents and young adults (15-25 years) diagnosed with cancer
Conducting research in palliative care	An international multi-centre validation study of a pain classification system for advanced cancer pain Caring Communities: evaluation of a national palliative care program 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 Measuring hope and hopelessness in cancer
Constipation	Use of Methylnaltrexone for opioid induced constipation in usual clinical setting
Culture and religion	Measuring hope and hopelessness in cancer
Delirium and cognitive failure and their treatment	Application of a clinical typology for terminal restlessness 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
Dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases	Decision making frameworks in advanced dementia: links to improved care Evaluation of an information booklet for family carers of people with dementia Improving the welfare and end of life experience for residents, families and staff: A case conferencing approach for older people living with advanced dementia or mental illness Palliative care dementia interface: enhancing community capacity REACH out in Dementia The long goodbye
Doctors (GPs and non-palliative care specialists)	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) Can the needs of caregivers of patients with advanced cancer be met using a General Practitioner Caregiver Needs Toolkit? Development of a statewide coordinated specialist and generalised palliative medicine training program Evaluation of GP webpages of the CareSearch website General Practitioners & Palliative Care Study How do GPs provide palliative care in rural and remote Queensland? The development and implementation of an evidence-based palliative care teaching program for hospital junior medical staff
Drug trial	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. 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 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 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 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 Randomised, double blind control trial of megestrol acetate, dexamethasone and placebo in the management of anorexia in people with 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 The use of levomepromazine in palliation (TULIP) Use of Methylnaltrexone for opioid induced constipation in usual clinical setting
Education and training	Development of a statewide coordinated specialist and generalised palliative medicine training program Improving medication management of palliative care patients: Enhancing the role of community pharmacists The development and implementation of an evidence-based palliative care teaching program for hospital junior medical staff                                                                                                              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
End-of-life care	Improving end-of-life care at Canossa IPP-SHR and Redland Hospital Collaboration - Ethical decision making in a health care setting including findings on end of life care
End-stage organ failure	Palliative care needs assessment program: Generalising cancer needs based resources to heart failure Oxygen to relieve dyspnoea in non-hypoxaemic patients with end-stage heart failure (Oxygen-HF)
Evidence-based practice	Implementation of a comprehensive evidence based palliative approach in residential aged care (CEBPRAC) Palliative care search strategy validation
Families	A qualitative exploration of the needs of patients with severe COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) Can the needs of caregivers of patients with advanced cancer be met using a General Practitioner Caregiver Needs Toolkit? Evaluation of a volunteer-based client biography service Evaluation of an information booklet for family carers of people with dementia Older women's experiences of widowhood in the first twelve months following bereavement Toward optimal facilitation of family meetings in palliative care
General assessment issues and goals of care	A very public death - Exploring the needs of a person dying of mesothelioma or asbestos related lung disease Evaluation of the palliative care needs assessment intervention
Haematological cancers	The development of a model of care for haematology and palliative care
Information management	A comprehensive discharge planning strategy to enhance hospital-to-home transition for patients with life limiting illness: optimizing communication across primary-secondary settings "What happens after dark?" Improving "after hours" palliative care planning in urban and rural Victoria
Knowledge translation	Determining eHealth literacy levels Evaluation of GP webpages of the CareSearch website Information and communications technologies (ICT), eHealth literacy, individual differences in thinking dispositions and retention and academic performance in postgraduate palliative studies
Mental illness	Integrated Mental Health and Palliative Care Task (IMhPaCT)
Nausea, vomiting and their treatment	The use of levomepromazine in palliation (TULIP) An audit of the incidence, mechanism, aetiology and management of nausea and vomiting in patients at a comprehensive cancer centre
Non-malignant disease and comorbidities general	A qualitative exploration of the needs of patients with severe COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) Epidemiological study of patterns of hospitalisation in patients who die with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 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? Managing diabetes at the end of life Objective assessment of the trajectory of the course of illness for end of life non-cancer related diseases - biological, social and environmental determinants
Non-pharmacological	Evaluating novel methods for delivering non-pharmacological interventions for dyspnoea in patients with lung cancer
Nurses	Factors Contributing to Job Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction and Burnout for Oncology and Palliative Care Nurses Palliative care education: Does it influence future practice?
Paediatric palliative care conditions	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
Pain and its treatment	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 randomised, double-blind placebo controlled study of subcutaneous ketamine in the management of cancer pain 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 Assessing the impact of 'catastrophizing' on the measurement of pain intensity in cancer patients Assessment of post-operative pain management in patients undergoing surgery in a cancer hospital: An audit using the VQC Pain Assessment Tool-kit Cancer pain education for patients Opioid Conversion Ratios: Is there an Australian consensus 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 Retrospective and prospective audit of gabapentin and pre-gablin prescribing for neuropathic pain in a major cancer hospital What are the decision-making processes that underpin the self-management of persistent pain?
Pain assessment	An international multi-centre validation study of a pain classification system for advanced cancer pain
Palliative care and health care providers general	Adelaide Hills Palliative Care Project (National Rural Palliative Care Program) Evaluation of a palliative care needs assessment intervention 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 care teams	Integration, coordination and multidisciplinary care - Findings from the literature
Palliative nurses	A phenomenological exploration of the lived experience of malignant wounds from the perspective of patients, carers and nursing staff. Factors Contributing to Job Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction and Burnout for Oncology and Palliative Care Nurses Linking the parts: - Articulating the role of consultant palliative care nurses in acute hospitals
Patients	Determining eHealth literacy levels Evaluation of a volunteer-based client biography service Needs based access to specialist palliative care services: Development and preliminary evaluation of a Consumer Toolkit 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?
Pharmacists	Improving medication management of palliative care patients: Enhancing the role of community pharmacists
Philosophy and history of palliative care / approaches to death and dying	Accompanying them home : the ethics of hospice palliative care A study of the integration of health promotion principles and practice in palliative care organisations Caring Communities: evaluation of a national palliative care program
Planning and managing palliative care services general	Adelaide Hills Palliative Care Project (National Rural Palliative Care Program) A study of the integration of health promotion principles and practice in palliative care organisations Development of a statewide coordinated specialist and generalised palliative medicine training program Evaluation of a palliative care needs assessment intervention Evaluation of the palliative care needs assessment intervention Exploration of the requirements and feasibility for a Victorian Palliative Care Research Collaborative Integrated Mental Health and Palliative Care Task (IMhPaCT) Palliative care needs assessment program: Dissemination of the Palliative Care Needs Assessment Guidelines and Needs Assessment Tool: Progressive Disease - Cancer (NAT:PD-C) Survey of hospice and palliative care bereavement services in Australia The development and implementation of an evidence-based palliative care teaching program for hospital junior medical staff The development of a model of care for haematology and palliative Care
Prognosis	Objective assessment of the trajectory of the course of illness for end of life non-cancer related diseases - biological, social and environmental determinants
Psychosocial	“Finding Hope and Meaning at a time of Uncertainty” Toward the identification and minimisation of depression and psychological distress in family caregivers of people receiving palliative care
Quality of life	Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration
Referral	Evaluation of a palliative care needs assessment intervention 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
Respiratory symptoms and their treatment	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 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) Epidemiological study of patterns of hospitalisation in patients who die with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Evaluating novel methods for delivering non-pharmacological interventions for dyspnoea in patients with lung cancer 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? 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) Prescribing considerations for home oxygen use
Rural, remote and other locality issues	Adelaide Hills Palliative Care Project (National Rural Palliative Care Program) A palliative approach for people with declining health, living in hostel accommodation: the state of play Evaluation of the Rural Palliative Care Program How do GPs provide palliative care in rural and remote Queensland? Improving paediatric palliative care for rural and remote families: A randomised controlled pilot study of videotelephony
Service access and quality	Comparison of palliative care outcome measures used to assess the quality of palliative care provided in residential aged care facilities: A systematic review Evaluation of the Care Planning sub-program of the Local Palliative Care Grants Program
Service processes	Trial of supportive care strategies for cancer patients in NSW "What happens after dark?" Improving "after hours" palliative care planning in urban and rural Victoria
Settings of palliative care general	A comprehensive discharge planning strategy to enhance hospital-to-home transition for patients with life limiting illness: optimizing communication across primary-secondary settings A palliative approach for people with declining health, living in hostel accommodation: the state of play Dying in the place of choice: End of life care in private hospitals Epidemiological study of patterns of hospitalisation in patients who die with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Improving palliative care services for adolescents and young adults with cancer Improving the psychological wellbeing of family caregivers of home based palliative care patients: A randomised controlled trial 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 Living and dying at home with dementia: who decides? Prescribing considerations for home oxygen use The evaluation of models of community after hours palliative care The long goodbye
Social Support and bereavement care	Evaluation of a volunteer-based client biography service Survey of hospice and palliative care bereavement services in Australia
Specialist education	Implementation of a comprehensive evidence based palliative approach in residential aged care (CEBPRAC) Information and communications technologies (ICT), eHealth literacy, individual differences in thinking dispositions and retention and academic performance in postgraduate palliative studies Palliative care education: Does it influence future practice?
Staff support and self care	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 Factors Contributing to Job Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction and Burnout for Oncology and Palliative Care Nurses
Wound Care	A phenomenological exploration of the lived experience of malignant wounds from the perspective of patients, carers and nursing staff.

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Last updated 01 September 2011