Palliative Care LibGuide

The Palliative Care Online Training portal is a free educational resource designed to support health professionals, family members and carers to deliver best practice palliative care in the community. The training provides users with the knowledge, skills and values to effectively communicate with and contribute to the care of people in the community who have a life limiting illness or who are approaching the final stages of the normal ageing process.

The Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine (ANZSPM) is a specialty medical society that facilitates professional development for its members and promotes the practice of palliative medicine, in order to improve the quality of care for people with life-limiting illness.

The webpage provides information for those currently working as palliative care nurses, or for those who have an interest in working in palliative care.

The End of Life and Palliative Care Network was established in 2012 to drive continuous improvement in palliative and end of life care for all people approaching or reaching the end of their life in NSW.

The 'Flinders Filters' are evidence-based literature search strategies, developed using an explicit methodology and tested using a gold standard test comparison study design and detailed in published papers.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an organisation located in the United Kingdom, whose role is to improve outcomes for people using the National Health Service (NHS) and other public and social care services.

The Pain Management Network brings together consumers and clinicians to promote equity of access to pain management services for patients with chronic pain and determine priorities for action.

Palliative Care Australia (PCA) is the national peak body that represents all those who work towards promoting and providing high quality palliative care.

Palliative Care New South Wales is a peak body that supports access to quality palliative care.

Statistics about palliative care services compiled by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare