LibGuides: Library Resource Guides: Palliative care

What's new at the ANMF (Vic Branch) Library

A completed life by Rodney Syme
Call Number: 174.24 SYM 2023

Book titles for palliative care

Key resources available from the library catalogue.

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The handbook of LGBTQIA-inclusive hospice and palliative care by Kimberly D. Acquaviva
Call Number: 616.02908 ACQ 2023
Palliative and end of life nursing care by Beth Hardy & Kate Flemming
Call Number: 616.029 HAR 2023
Palliative care nursing : caring for suffering patients by Kathleen Ouimet Perrin, Caryn A. Sheehan & Mertie L. Potter; Mary K. Kazanowski
Call Number: 616.029 PER 2023
Dear life : a doctor's story of love and loss by Rachel Clarke.
Call Number: 362.175 CLA 2020
Handbook of nutrition and diet in palliative car by Victor R. Preedy (Ed)
Call Number: 616.029 PRE 2019
ISBN: 9781138064072
Letting go : how to plan for a good death by Charlie Corke
Call Number: 155.937 COR 2018
With the end in mind : how to live and die well by Kathryn Mannix
Call Number: 155.937 MAN 2017
The bell lap : stories for compassionate nursing care by Muriel Murch
Call Number: 616.029 MUR 2016
ISBN: 9781785231605

Smartphone app for nurses in aged care and end-of-life care

palliAGEDnurse app
The PalliAGEDnurse app aims to help nurses in general practice, community settings and residential aged care to provide a palliative approach to care for older people in the last twelve months of life.

End-of-life care resources

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care have developed end-of-life care resources to support safe, high-quality end-of-life care.

End-of-life care (ACSQHC 2024)

CareSearch Palliative Care Knowledge Network

End-of-Life Essentials Project
The modules develop knowledge and skills to recognise end-of-life issues, to enhance communication strategies and to gain confidence in caring for patients and their families in acute hospitals requiring end-of-life care.
CareSearch Palliative Care Knowledge Network
CareSearch nurses hub 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.

National Palliative Care Standards

This fifth edition of National Palliative Care 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 and high-quality end-of-life care (2023)

Further training and education for palliative care practice

Finding the latest research on palliative care

CareSearch PubMed searches

Useful web resources for palliative care

Check for resources and the latest guidelines from the Centre for Palliative Care, a collaboration between St Vincent’s Hospital and the University of Melbourne.