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Book titles for Palliative Care

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A practical guide to end of life care by Clair Sadler
Call Number: 616.029 SAD 2015
Palliative Care Nursing at a Glance by C. Ingleton (Editor); P. J. Larkin (Editor)
Call Number: 616.029 ING 2015
Palliative care nursing : a guide to practice by O'Connor, Aranda & Lee
Call Number: 616.029 OCO 2012
Handbook of palliative care, 3rd ed. by Faull, de Caestecker, Nicholson & Fraser
Call Number: 616.029 FAU 2012
Palliative Care : the nursing role, 2nd ed. by Jean Lugton & Rosemary McIntyre
Call Number: 616.029 LUG 2005
Letting go : how to plan for a good death by Charlie Corke
Call Number: 155.937 COR 2018

E-books for Palliative Care

To access EBL e-books you will need to register for an account online. A step-by-step video tutorial has been created to assist with you with this process and also offers tips for searching, copying, printing and referencing e-books.

App for aged care

palliaAGEDnurse by Smartphone apps
Developed for aged care staff. The app provides clinical advice around three areas - advance care planning, case conferencing, and terminal care.

CareSearch Palliative Care Knowledge Network

End-of-Life Essentials Project
E-learning resources for managing end-of-life care in acute hospitals for nurses & other health professionals
CareSearch Palliative Care Knowledge Network
CareSearch is an online resource designed to easily find relevant and trustworthy information and resources about palliative care.
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The website has been funded by the Australian Government's Department of Health and Ageing
Culturally appropriate palliative and end-of-life care
Portal created by Palliative Care Australia and Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet which aims to assist the health workforce who provide care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, their families and communities.
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The portal provides information on planning ahead, culturally appropriate palliative and end of life care and grief and bereavement.
Smart Searching: Logical Steps to Building and Testing Your Literature Search
Some tips and tricks to enhance literature search techniques, for researchers (especially in the health sector) who are interested in developing and testing their search strategies.

More useful Palliative Care information from PubMed

CareSearch PubMed search

Palliative Care PubMed searches - care and population issues.

Useful Websites for Palliative Care

Check for resources and the latest guidelines from the Centre for Palliative Care - a government funded education centre in Victoria.

Victoria's end of life and palliative care framework
Victoria State Government health.vic
Palliative Care by Australia. Department of Health
Includes link to 'National Palliative Care Strategy 2010 – Supporting Australians to Live Well at the End of Life'
Centre for Palliative Care

Further learning

Are death and dying changing in the 21st century? Is how we think about death changing? Join in this conversation through Open Learning.

Dying2Learn MOOC

National Palliative Care Standards

This fifth edition of Palliative Care Australia's Standards have been mapped to align with the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards and Aged Care Standards.

National Palliative Care Standards 5th Ed. (2018)

National Consensus Statement: Essential elements for safe high quality end of life care (2015)

Library Resource Guides: HLTENN010: Palliative care