Topics: Palliative care
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Palliative Care Tasmania (2020) Advance care yarning: decision making for end of life for Aboriginal people in lutruwita/ Tasmania Hobart: Palliative Care Tasmania These guidelines aim to help Aboriginal people, their families, and their community who live in lutruwita/Tasmania better understand their choices at end-of-life and how to explain these choices to medical and health […]
Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach Program Team (2020) Learning guide for allied health professionals 2020 Brisbane: Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach This resource aims to provide allied health professionals with support and guidance around palliative care practice.
Nelson S (2020) Support available from Aboriginal health liaison workers [podcast] Melbourne: Palliative Care Victoria This podcast provides an example of the support Aboriginal Health Liaison Workers can offer Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a life-limiting illness.
Woods JA, Johnson CE, Ngo HT, Katzenellenbogen JM, Murray K, Thompson SC (2020) Symptom-related distress among Indigenous Australians in specialist end-of-life care: findings from the multi-jurisdictional Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration data International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; 17(9): 3131 Retrieved 30 April 2020 from https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17093131
Thompson S, Lyford M, Papertalk L, Holloway M (2019) Passing on wisdom: exploring the end-of-life wishes of Aboriginal people from the Midwest of Western Australia Rural and Remote Health; 19(4): 5444 Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH5444
Australian Government Department of Health (2019) My Aged Care case studies Canberra, ACT: Australian Government Department of Health This series of videos share the stories of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s experiences with My Aged Care services.
Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (2016) Information for Indigenous health workers wanting to know about palliative care education National: Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach This video outlines the Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (PEPA) program in detail and includes testimonials from mentors and past participants showing how PEPA is […]
Woods JA, Newton JC, Thompson SC, Malacova E, Ngo HT, Katzenellenbogen JM, Murray K, Shahid S, Johnson CE (2019) Indigenous compared with non-Indigenous Australian patients at entry to specialist palliative care: cross-sectional findings from a multi-jurisdictional dataset PLoS ONE; 14(5): e0215403 Retrieved from
Australian Department of Health Caring for your mob at the end of their life (2018) Canberra, ACT: Australian Department of Health This brochure provides information on palliative and end-of-life care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Australian Department of Health Palliative care: what matters to me (2018) Canberra, ACT: Australian Department of Health This collection of resources were developed to provide information on palliative and end-of-life care.
