Professor Jennifer Philip
Chair, Palliative Medicine, Centre for Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne; St Vincent's Hospital
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Living well with advanced cancer
A new palliative care model provides early intervention to improve quality of life for advanced cancer patients and their families
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Can telehealth be used for effective palliative care?
Research with palliative care patients and their clinicians on remote delivery suggests that, while it offers new opportunities, it can’t replace in-person connection
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Indian and Australian health workers reach out on COVID-19
New palliative care training for Sister Doctors in India is supporting patients and families during the pandemic and broadening understanding of care across the Indian Ocean
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How one misconception means seriously ill people miss out on care
Understanding palliative care’s ‘image problem’ is key to developing public education and breaking down the barriers to enhance quality of life for people with serious illness
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Caring for the terminally ill in prison
New research highlights the opportunities to improve care for people in prison who are dying from a progressive, life-limiting illness
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Triaging the terminally ill
The concept of triage in emergency medicine has been around for centuries, but now researchers have developed a new tool to help triage those patients needing palliative care
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The language of living and dying
When it comes to caring for people with cancer, how clinicians talk about palliative care can make a huge difference to patients and their families