Specialist Hospitals

Follow the links below to find information on hospitals specialising in various population groups, diseases and conditions.

Reviewed May 2011

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Title:   Palliative Care
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information on palliative care (the care of patients with serious illness to relieve pain), euthanasia, 'dying with dignity' and hospice care.
Date:   Dec 2011
Title:   Children's Hospitals
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information about children's hospitals and issues for children in hospitals.
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Day hospital versus admission for acute psychiatric disorders
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Day hospitals are a less restrictive alternative to inpatient admission for people who are acutely and severely mentally ill. This review compares acute day hospital care to inpatient care. We found that at least one in five patients currently admitted ...
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Publisher:   Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Description:   Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is a comprehensive specialist oncology centre providing cancer services in Melbourne and via external clinics and satellites throughout Victoria, Australia. This home page gives access to information on cancer, patient information, appointments, health advice, information for health professionals, publications and research reports.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Hospitalisation for Mental Illness
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information about hospitalisation for treating mental illness.
Date:   Nov 2010
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:   Nov 2010
Title:   Psychiatric hospitals or wards
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Psychiatric hospitals or wards specialise in treating people experiencing a range of different mental illnesses.
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Place of care, place of death
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Many people say they would prefer to be cared for and die at home. Home can have different meanings for people. Importantly people's preferences and choices can change over time.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Open general medical wards versus specialist psychiatric units for acute psychoses
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Psychosis is disturbance of a person's thinking that causes them to have false perceptions of the senses (hallucinations) and see the world in a different way from the majority (delusions). Psychosis can cause the sufferer to become very distressed. T...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Mother and baby units for schizophrenia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Post-partum psychosis is a consistent source of new episodes of severe mental illness and its worldwide prevalence has remained unchanged at 1 in 1000 live births over the past 150 years. For some women, admission to hospital is necessary. In the UK spe...
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   The Children's Hospital at Westmead - a handbook for families
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service
Description:   Information for families attending the Children's Hospital at Westmead.
Date:   Apr 2005
Title:   Loving care for people with terminal illness
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   When people of any age are dying or have an illness that can't be cured, they need a special kind of care which is called palliative care. The aim of palliative care is not just to treat the disease, but to care for the person as a whole by making sure the remaining time he or she has left is as good, as active and fulfilling as possible.
Date:   Apr 1996

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