Truth disclosure within bad news conversations Delivering bad news about life-limiting illnesses can be complex and challenging, even for experienced health professionals. Elizabeth Miller... Read more... 19/10/2022 | Blog | Evidence | Health Professionals | Primary health care | Acute Care | GPs | Nurses | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Research | End-of-life conversations Views: 1062
Living with advanced cancer whilst navigating... Jade Newton details three major themes drawn from interviewing 23 adults living with advanced cancer. Read more... 20/07/2022 | Patients and Carers | Acute Care | Quality of life Tags: Advanced Cancer Views: 790
When death has value, so does care Dr. John Rosenberg discusses the value of caring for someone who is dying, and highlights the complexity surrounding death as a whole in our... Read more... 23/03/2022 | Patients and Carers | Primary health care | Residential Aged Care | Acute Care | Specialist Palliative Care | Aged Care in home Tags: Views: 1139
Heart failure patients’ use of hospital... In the final blog for our Oceanic Palliative Care Conference series, Dr Gursharan Singh, Research Fellow at QUT, highlights why understanding... Read more... 9/09/2021 | Health Professionals | Acute Care Tags: Accessing services and support | Oceanic 2021 Views: 1112
What matters most to patients with palliative... The centrality of the role of hospitals in provision of palliative care is often not well recognised and care provision can be suboptimal. Dr... Read more... 6/08/2021 | Health Professionals | Acute Care | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: End-of-Life Care | End-of-Life Essentials Views: 757
Accepting and supporting death in acute care... In a three-part blog series, End-of-Life Care Nurse Practitioner Jeanette Lacey provides insight into her role in improving the quality of care... Read more... 16/06/2021 | Health Professionals | Acute Care Tags: End-of-Life Care | End-of-Life Essentials Views: 577