Palliative Care Policy and Research

Follow the links below to find information on palliative care policy, government programs and research.

Created January 2009

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Title:   CareSearch, palliative care knowledge network
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   CareSearch is a website providing palliative care information, evidence and resources. It is designed for patients and carers and for health professionals providing care for people with a terminal illness. All materials are reviewed for quality and relevance.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Palliative Care
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   What is meant by the term palliative care, when and where it is provided and by whom.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Second-line chemotherapy in advanced and metastatic CRC
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Patients with metastatic or advanced colorectal cancer are often treated with chemotherapy. If the disease doesn't improve with a specific chemotherapy regimen, a different chemotherapy regimen may be tried, called second-line treatment, with the aim to...
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Palliative biliary stents for obstructing pancreatic carcinoma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The majority of patients with cancer of the pancreas are diagnosed only after blockage of the bile ducts has occurred. Surgical by-pass (SBP) or endoscopic stenting (ES) of the blockage are the treatment options available for these patients. This review...
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Palliative cytoreductive surgery versus other palliative treatments in patients with unresectable liver metastases from gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Liver metastases (liver spread) from gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumours (cancer of intestinal hormone cells which originate from the embryonic nerve cells or the embryonic outer coat) are generally treated with surgery if a complete removal is deem...
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   National palliative care performance indicators: results of the 2007 performance indicator data collection
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report presents the findings of the 2007 national collection of performance indicator data from Australia's palliative care sector, and comparisons with the results of previous collections in 2005 and 2006. Some characteristics of palliative care agencies are also described.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Audit
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Clinical audit is a strategy to improve health care services. Clinical audit selects areas for improvement in services and involves the use of appropriate, valid methods to answer the questions.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   PaCCSC
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   The Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PaCCSC) is a research group looking at improving the quality of care for patients through access, awareness and quality use of palliative care medicines in the community through clinical studies.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   About evidence
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Palliative care is a rapidly evolving, multidisciplinary field of practice. The types of evidence and knowledge produced within palliative care are accordingly varied and encompass many different types of research methodologies.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   PubMed topic searches
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Follow these links to run real-time PubMed searches. They give you a broad entry point into the relevant English, palliative care related literature.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Palliative endobronchial brachytherapy for non-small cell lung cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have a poor prognosis and the therapeutic options are limited to controlling their symptoms and maintaining their quality of life. Palliative endobronchial brachytherapy (EBB) is used as a trea...
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Systematic Reviews on Palliative Care
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of palliative care.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   National Palliative Care Program
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   The National Palliative Care Program is funded by the Australian Government to improve access to, and quality of, palliative care services in Australia.
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Caring communities program
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   The Caring Communities Program aims to improve the quality of palliative care provided in local communities.
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   National palliative care performance indicators
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report presents the findings of the first national collection of performance indicator data from Australia's palliative care sector. The information collected was designed to support the calculation of four national performance indicators.
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   National Palliative Care Strategy: a national framework for palliative care service development
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
Description:   The National Palliative Care Strategy guides palliative care policy development and service delivery across Australia.
Date:   Oct 2000
Title:   Systemic treatments for metastatic cutaneous melanoma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There are no randomised trials comparing the effects of systemic therapies for metastatic cutaneous melanoma with best supportive care or placebo. Cutaneous melanoma is the most aggressive form of skin cancer. When it has spread (metastatic cutaneous me...
Date:   Feb 2000
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