The article reports that St Joseph's Mercy Hospice in New Zealand, like many palliative care organizations nationally and internationally, has undergone exponential growth over the last 10 years. Many new people arrived within a short space of time. Over the past decade there has been a ...
The article presents comments on palliative care in the prisons of New Zealand. In New Zealand, the prison population is increasing with a rapid rate and includes a high proportion of smokers and drug users. Most of the prisoners referred for palliative care have been older males with lung ...
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 ...
New Zealand palliative care glossary. Wellington: Ministry of Health; 2015. http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/new-zealand-palliative-care-glossary Google Scholar Ministry of Health. Palliative care action plan. Wellington: Ministry of Health; 2017a. http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/...
School of Nursing, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Jayne Huggard Corresponding author Correspondence toPeter Huggard. Editor information Editors and Affiliations HammondCare Learning and Research Centre, Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, New South Wales, Au...
The increasingly complex needs of long term care residents and the fact that a large number of older adults will die while long-term care makes it essential that services have processes in place to facilitate quality palliative and end of life care. Long-term care in New Zealand is synonymous...
Integration of symptom and palliative care for people with advanced cancer is established in many tumour types, but its role in people with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has not been clearly defined. This study aims to evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of an intervention involving a sui...
Palliative care — specialized healthcare focused on improving quality of life for patients with serious illnesses — can help urologists to care for patients with unmet symptom, coping and communication needs. Society guidelines from the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the National Comprehensiv...
Development Supported by the Ministry of Health (2015) PAEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE IN NEW ZEALAND: CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR END-OF-LIFE CARE DEVELOPMENT METH... 2010. Palliative Care (Supportive and End of Life Care), A Framework for Clinical Practice in Perinatal Medicine: Report of the Working ...
Working in palliative care can be intensely demanding yet enormously rewarding. To enable health professionals to actively engage in this field of work, emphasis on appropriate self-care activities is essential. Participating in a variety of professional