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Introduction
Researcher/PhD candidate. Flinders University, Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death & Dying. Research focus: palliative care in aged care.
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Background
Hospital admissions for end-of-life care are increasing exponentially across the world. Significant numbers of health professionals are now required to provide end-of-life care with minimal training. Many health professionals report they lack confidence to provide this care, particularly those in acute hospital settings. This study explo...
Death doulas (DD) are working with people at the end of life in varied roles with more clarity needed around their role and place within the health and social care systems. The aim of this work is to explore the DD role in end‐of‐life care from the perspective of DDs. A sub‐group of 20 DDs from a larger quantitative survey participated in semi‐stru...
‘Death Doulas’ have emerged as a relatively new role supporting dying people and their family members; however there is a lack of clarity around how the role is enacted, and around the death doula role within health and social care systems. This study aimed to explore the ambiguity of the role of death doulas in end‐of‐life care including the skill...
Background
Chronic breathlessness syndrome in the context of advancing disease is distressing for all concerned. Oxygen is commonly prescribed in this setting; however, little is known about the perspectives of breathless people who either are on oxygen or are yet to have it prescribed.
Aim
To understand and describe the perspectives and experienc...
Context:
Despite limited clinical evidence, long term oxygen therapy (LTOT) is used for the management of refractory breathlessness in people with life-limiting illnesses who are not necessarily hypoxaemic.
Objectives:
The aim of this study was to understand caregiver factors associated with caring for someone with LTOT from the perspectives and...
Introduction:
Prescribing practice in hospice/palliative care is largely extrapolated from other areas of clinical practice, with few studies of net medication effects (benefits and harms) in hospice/palliative care to guide prescribing decisions. Hospice/palliative care patients differ in multiple ways from better studied participant groups, henc...
