Anne Harris, Managing Director of Pfizer Australia & New Zealand, emphasised the importance of this initiative: “Developing and supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healthcare professionals is vital for the provision of culturally appropriate care. At Pfizer, we recognise how important this ...
This project is not only essential for HCC patients in our local health districts, but dissemination of the results will inform palliative care integration across Australia and internationally. The unique aspects of the design of this trial are that it is pragmatic in nature (to be able to be ...
One participant from Australia commented: … emphasizing care in the community overlooks the current reality that the majority of people (at least in developed countries) die in hospital, where end of life care is often suboptimal and needs support, whereas another from Nigeria stated: Integrating...
HammondCare Learning and Research Centre, Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, NSW, Australia Roderick Duncan MacLeod Vrije Universiteit Brussel, VUB-UGent End-of-Life Care Research Grou Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium Lieve Van den Block ...
Models of care for one trajectory may inform another. For example, cancer care can learn from the health promotion paradigm already established in the management of chronic diseases. Improving living while near death in North America19 and "health promoting palliative care" in Australia are two su...
A new model for a palliative approach to care in Australia. Rural Remote Health. 2021;21:5947. PubMed Google Scholar Pinter KA, Zhang H, Liu C, et al. Elements and Performance Indicators of Integrated Healthcare Programmes on Chronic diseases in six countries in the Asia-Pacific Region: ...
Australia *These authors have contributed equally to this work #On behalf of the Pediatric Palliative Care Special Interest Group at Children's National Health System Correspondence: Lori Wiener Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Building 10, Room 1-6466, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA ...
low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of reviews Hammoda Abu-Odah, Alex Molassiotis* and Justina Liu Abstract Background: Despite the significant benefits of palliative care (PC) services for cancer patients, multiple challenges hinder the provision of PC services for these ...
Palliative care is in its infancy in most of the developing world. We set out to explore the lived experiences of families and caregivers of recently deceased cancer patients in Trinidad and Tobago and to determine the unmet needs of the patients and wha
Actions for patient safety at the end of life must be aligned with the principles of palliative care, such as promoting comfort and quality of life. Faced with this complex process, health professionals need to seek the central relationships of the conce