Palliative Care

Raising the community’s voice is ensuring people with serious illness and those around them are accessing the best possible care

A new palliative care model provides early intervention to improve quality of life for advanced cancer patients and their families

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

Australia’s deathcare system is already showing cracks, but the pressures will only worsen, especially as the baby boomer generation takes us into ‘peak death’

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

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

New research highlights the opportunities to improve care for people in prison who are dying from a progressive, life-limiting illness

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

Interviews with terminally ill patients and their families highlight the importance and complexities of discussions about place of care and place of death

The legalisation of voluntary assisted dying in Victoria raises ethical, legal and policy challenges