Palliative care like many areas in health has many acronyms and abbreviations that can be confusing. Knowing what these initials mean can be illuminating.
ABS - Australian Bureau of Statistics
ACAT - Aged Care Assessment Team
ACCRM - Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
ACP - Advance Care Planning
ADL - Activities of Daily Living
AGPN - Australian General Practice Network
APHN - Asia Pacific Hospice and Palliative Care Association
AHW - Aboriginal Health Worker
AIHW - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
AMA - Australian Medical Association
ANZSPM - Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine
APRAC - Australian Palliative Care in Residential Aged Care
ARC - Australian Research Council
CALD - Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
CAM - Complementary and Alternative Medicines
CAPC - Centre to Advance Palliative Care
CATSIN - Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses
CEBPARAC - Comprehensive Evidence Based Palliative Approach in Residential Aged Care
CHeRP - Centre for Health Research & Psycho-oncology
CHF - Consumer Health Forum
COMPAC - Community Palliative Aged Care
COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
CoP - Community of Practice
CPCER - Centre for Palliative Care Education and Research
CPCRE - Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education
CPD - Continuing Professional Development
CRANA - Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia
DOHA - Department of Health and Ageing
DVA - Department of Veterans' Affairs
EACH - Extended Aged Care at Home
EACH-D - Extended Aged Care at Home-Dementia
EAPC - European Association of Palliative Care
EBM - Evidence Based Medicine
EBP - Evidence Based Practice
EBPC - Evidence Based Palliative Care
EdCAN - National Cancer Nursing Education Project
EN - Enrolled Nurse
EoL - End of Life
EPC - Enhanced Primary Care
ESAS - Edmonton Symptom Assessment System
eviQ - eviQ Cancer Treatments Online
GP - General Practitioner
HIV/AIDS - Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
IADL - Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
IAHPC - International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care
IASP - International Association for the Study of Pain
ICD - International Classification of Diseases
IMG - International Medical Graduate
IPOS - International Psycho Oncology Society
IPP - SHR - International Program of Psycho-Social Health
IT - Information Technology
LOS - Length of Stay
LPCGP - Local Palliative Care Grants Program
MBS - Medicare Benefits Schedule
MeSH - Medical Subject Heading
MJA - Medical Journal of Australia
MND - Motor Neurone Disease
MS - Multiple Sclerosis
MSOAP - Medical Specialists Outreach Assistance Program
NACCHO - National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
NAT: PD-C - Needs Assessment Tool Progressive Disease – Cancer
NCPC - National Council for Palliative Care (UK)
NHHRC - National Health and Hospital Reform Commission
NHMRC - National Health and Medical Research Council
NHPCO - National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (US)
NHS - National Health Service (UK)
NICS - National Institute of Clinical Studies
NPS - National Prescribing Service
NSAP - National Standards Assessment Program
OATSIH - Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
OT - Occupational Therapist
PaCCSC - Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative
PBS - Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
PCA - Palliative Care Australia
PCNA - Palliative Care Nurses Australia
PCC4U - Palliative Care Curriculum for Undergraduates
PCOC - Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration
PCMWG - Palliative Care Medications Working Group
PDSA - Plan Do Study Act
PEPA - Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach
PICO - Population Intervention Comparison Outcomes
PoCoG - Psycho-Oncology Cooperative Research Group
QALY - Quality Adjusted Life Year
QI - Quality Improvement
QoL - Quality of Life
QUM - Quality Use of Medicines
RACF - Residential Aged Care Facility
RCNA - Royal College of Nursing Australia
RHEF - Rural Health Education Foundation
RN - Registered Nurse
RPC - Respecting Patient Choices
RPCP - Rural Palliative Care Project
SAS - Symptom Assessment Scale
SF-36 - Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36
SNAP - Sub-acute, Non-acute and Palliative care
TGA - Therapeutic Goods Administration
WACCPC - Western Australian Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care
WHO - World Health Organization
WPCA - Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance
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This page was created on 08 October 2009.
Last updated 09 October 2009