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        • Managing Finances
        • Continuing to Work
        • Emotional Challenges
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        • Being Part of the Care Team
        • Practical Caring
          • Setting Up For At Home Palliative Care
        • Issues In Caring
        • Looking After Yourself
        • Managing Daily Life
        • Supporting Carers
          • What to Say
        • Carer Needs Tool
        • How to Care Resources
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        • Changes at the Time of Death
        • Managing Funerals and Notifications
        • At the End Resources
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      • Understanding Death and Dying
        • Managing Dying
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      • Patient Assessment
        • Assessing Prognosis
        • Assessing Symptoms
        • Assessing Distress
        • Assessing Family and Caregivers
      • Planning Care
        • Sharing Care
        • Advance Care Planning
        • Planning for a Home Death
        • Residential Aged Care
      • Symptoms
        • Appetite
        • Bowels
        • Breathlessness
        • Delirium
        • Fatigue
        • Nausea and Vomiting
        • Pain
        • Sleep
      • Clinical Decisions
        • Managing Opioids
        • Procedures and Investigations
        • The Deteriorating Patient
        • Emergencies
        • Syringe Drivers
        • Psychosocial Complexity
        • Refractory Problems
        • Voluntary Assisted Dying
      • The Dying Patient
        • End of Life Symptoms
        • Supporting Families and Caregivers
      • Bereavement
        • Following up the Bereaved
      • Professional Practice
        • Ongoing Education
        • Reimbursement
        • Prescribing
        • Self-Care
      • Resources
        • GP Resources
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        • Finding GP Evidence
        • CareSearch GP Resources
      • GP Kit
      • CareSearchgp app
      • Guides for GPs
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        • Improving Practice
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          • Hospital
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          • Paediatrics
          • Primary Care / Community
          • Rural and Remote
          • Practice Setting Resources
      • Communication
        • Communication with Patients, Carers, and Family
          • Family Meetings and Case Conferences
          • Patient Education
        • Communication within the Care Team
        • Communication within an Organisation
        • Dealing with Conflict
        • Communication Resources
      • Assessment
        • Assessment in Ongoing Care
        • Assessing Distress
        • Assessing Carers and Family
        • Prognosis
        • Assessment Resources
      • Planning and Coordinating Care
        • Advance Care Planning
        • Anticipatory Care
        • Care Coordination
        • Goals of Care
        • Person-Centred Care
        • Shared and Supported Decision-Making
        • Support for Families
        • Planning and Coordinating Care Resources
      • Clinical Care
        • Clinical Reasoning
        • Complementary Therapies
        • Ethical Issues
        • Medicines Management
          • Palliative Medicines
          • Evidence for Medicines
          • Prescribing Resources
          • The Role of the Carer
        • Non-malignant / End Stage Disease
        • Psychosocial Care
        • Recognising Deterioration
        • Spiritual Care
        • Symptom Management
          • Appetite and Weight Loss
          • Bowel Problems
          • Delirium
          • Dyspnoea
          • Fatigue
          • Malignant Wounds
          • Nausea and Vomiting
          • Pain
          • Skin Failure and Pressure Injuries
          • Sleep Disturbance
          • Symptom Management Resources
        • Syringe Drivers
        • Voluntary Assisted Dying
        • Working with Families
          • Family Meetings
          • Supporting Carers
        • Clinical Resources
      • The Dying Patient
        • Terminal / End-of-Life Care
        • End-of-Life Care Pathways
        • After-Death Care
          • Verification and Certification of a Death
          • Care of the Body
          • Religious and Cultural Considerations
          • Tissue Donation
        • The Dying Patient Resources
      • Loss, Grief and Bereavement
        • Loss, Grief and Bereavement Resources
      • Patient Diversity
        • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
        • Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA)
        • Homelessness
        • Intellectually Disabled
        • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, Queer and Asexual (LGBTIQ+)
        • Living Alone
        • Mental Illness
        • Multicultural
        • Older People
        • Paediatrics
        • People with HIV
        • Prisoners
        • Refugees and Asylum Seekers
        • Rural and Remote
        • Patient Diversity Resources
      • Personal Development
        • Education
          • Providing Education
          • Basic Training
          • Journal Club
        • Interdisciplinary Team
        • Self-Care
          • Self-Care Strategies
          • Contributing Factors
        • Personal Development Resources
      • Professional Leadership
        • Care and Service Implementation
        • Policy, Quality, Standards
          • Policy and Planning
          • Public Health Palliative Care
          • Quality Improvement
          • Standards
        • Professional Leadership Resources
      • Tools for Nurses in Palliative Care
    • Allied Health
      • Allied Health and Palliative Care
        • New to Palliative Care?
        • Practice Settings
        • Dietitians
        • Music Therapists
        • Occupational Therapists
        • Physiotherapists
        • Psychologists
        • Social Workers
        • Speech Pathologists
        • Special Interest Groups
        • Allied Health Engagement
      • Interdisciplinary Teams
        • Communication
        • Competencies
        • Working Boundaries
      • Working with Patients, Carers and Families
        • Adapting Goals
        • Discussing Palliative Care
        • Professional Boundaries
        • Responding to Strong Emotions
        • When a Patient Dies
        • Information for Families
        • Resources
      • Clinical Considerations
        • Advance Care Planning
        • Care of the Spirit
        • Complementary Therapies
        • Helping to Maintain Hope
        • Psychosocial Assessment
        • Self-care
        • Voluntary Assisted Dying
      • Evidence, Quality, and Standards
        • Allied Health Evidence
        • Research
        • Allied Health Search
      • Professional Development
        • Journal Club
        • Reflective Practice
      • Clinical Education Resources
        • Disease Specific Information
      • CareSearch Allied Health Resources
    • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Care
      • Culturally Safe and Responsive Care
        • Developing Your Knowledge and Skills
      • The Care Journey
        • Why It's Important to Ask
        • Understanding the Care Context
        • Working Together
        • Palliative Care Approach
        • Person-Centred Care
        • Talking Together
        • Creating a Caring Environment
        • Changing Your Care Approach
        • The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce
        • Caring for Yourself
        • Relevant Health Organisations
      • Patient, Family and Community Journeys
        • What's Happening to Me?
        • How Do I Provide Care For My Family and Community?
        • Where Can I Find Help?
        • Online Information and Stories
      • Research, Evidence and Practice
        • National Responses
      • About the Section
        • Artwork in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Section
      • Acknowledgment of Country
    • Health Practitioner Education
      • My Learning
        • Supporting staff new to palliative care
          • Palliative care resources for staff new to palliative care
        • Finding clinical guidance with CareSearch
        • Supporting Carers
      • Health Professional Options
        • National Palliative Care Project initiatives
        • Formal Qualifications
        • Conferences
        • Short Courses and Workshops
        • eLearning
        • Clinical Experiences
        • Palliative Care Community Pharmacy Updates
      • Workforce Development
        • End-of-life and Palliative Care Education and Training for WA
          • Identify your learning needs
            • Foundation level: Personal learning assessment
            • Consolidation level: Personal learning assessment
            • Extension level: Personal learning assessment
          • Explore learning pathways
            • Suggest an online learning resource
            • Knowledge guide for health professional and care settings
    • Settings of Care
      • Specialist Palliative Care
        • CareSearch SPCS Resources
      • Acute Care
        • Recognising the Need for Palliative Care
        • Communication and Shared Decision Making
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