Specialist Hospitals

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

Reviewed March 2009

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Title:   Children's Hospitals
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information about children's hospitals and issues for children in hospitals.
Date:   Jun 2009
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:   Psychiatric hospitals or wards
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Psychiatric hospitals or wards specialise in treating people experiencing a range of different mental illnesses, including depression, schizophrenia, anxiety and eating disorders. Check out this factsheet for more info including what they are and what to expect.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Palliative Care
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information on palliative or terminal care, euthanasia, 'dying with dignity' and hospice care.
Date:   Jan 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 a generic psychiatric term for a mental state characterised by derangement of personality and loss of contact with reality. People experiencing a psychotic episode may have hallucinations or delusional beliefs and can exhibit disorganised t...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Publisher:   Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Description:   The Institute 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:   Jun 2007
Title:   Hospitalisation for Mental Illness
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information about hospitalisation for treating mental illness.
Date:   Jun 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:   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
Publisher:   The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Description:   The Children's Hospital at Westmead (formerly the New Children's Hospital) is a stand-alone service dedicated to paediatrics. It provides community medical care and paediatric emergency as well as tertiary level paediatric services. This site provides information for children, parents and health professionals.
Date:   Apr 2005
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. It was found that at least one in five patients currently admit...
Date:   Nov 2002
Title:   Table of contents (factsheets)
Publisher:   The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Description:   Categorical listing of factsheets providing information and advice on a variety of health issues affecting babies and children. These have been created by Kids Health (formerly The Child Health Promotion Unit) at the Children's Hospital Westmead and some in collaboration with Sydney Children's Hospital.
Date:   Aug 2001
Title:   A national model for the collection and analysis of a minimum data set with outcome measures for private, hospital-based, psychiatric services
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
Description:   The National Model was developed as a mechanism capable of objectively demonstrating the quality of services provided by psychiatrists and private psychiatric hospitals.
Date:   May 2000
Title:   Assertive community treatment for people with severe mental disorders
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Synopsis pending....
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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