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Palliative Perspectives

Our blog collection that informs and provides a platform for sharing views, tips, and ideas related to palliative care from community members and health professionals.

The inner journey: Distress and survival in people living with a life limiting illness

In this blog, Felicity Bates and Geena Bennett, explores how distress evolves for people living with a life-limiting illness in rural Australia. The study found that... Read more...

26/03/2026 | Blog | Evidence | Community | Diverse Communities | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | HP Education

Tags: Palliative Care | End of life care | holistic care | Psychosocial Support | Rural Health Views: 91

Community solutions to end-of-life care: Where connection, culture and community meet

In this blog, Harpreet Kalsi-Smith, Founder of The Kindness Company, explores how community-led initiatives are reshaping end-of-life care in Australia. Death is not just a... Read more...

18/03/2026 | Blog | Implementation and Translation | Community | Dying2Learn | Diverse Communities | Health Professionals | HP Education

Tags: Palliative Care | Compassionate Communities | Death and dying | End of life care | Death Literacy | Grassroot Movements | Local Communities Views: 138

Improving collaboration between clinicians and interpreters to promote advance care...

In this blog, Dr Ashfaq Chauhan, Anna Kenny, Kylie Ash, Dr Mila Obucina and Professor Reema Harrison outline the iCanPlan Program, a co-designed education initiative... Read more...

24/02/2026 | Blog | Implementation and Translation | Community | Diverse Communities | Health Professionals | HP Education

Tags: Advance care planning | End of life care | culturally and linguistically diverse communities | CALD | cancer care | iCanPlan Program | clinician–interpreter collaboration | migrant communities Views: 433

What is a ‘good death’?

In this blog, Shanna Provost for the Good Death Impact Network, explores the question of what a ‘good death’ really means, drawing on insights from members of the... Read more...

3/02/2026 | Blog | Implementation and Translation | Community | Dying2Learn | Diverse Communities | Health Professionals | HP Education

Tags: Palliative Care | End of life care | good death | dying2learn | Death Literacy | DyingWell | End of Life Planning Views: 583

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