Books, Reports and Clinical Practice Guidelines

In conjunction with other health organisations and partners, the Centre for Palliative Care regularly develops a range of resources for the community and health professionals, including:

Books

• Supporting a person who needs palliative care:  A guide for family and friends (2017)
• Family carers in palliative care: A guide for health and social care professionals (Edited by Peter Hudson and Sheila Payne) Oxford University Press (2009)

Clinical Practice Guidelines

• Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Psychosocial and Bereavement Support of Family Caregivers of Palliative Care Patients
• VPCNPC Symptom Assessment Guide 2011
• Toward a systematic approach to assessment and care planning in palliative care: A practical review of clinical tools (2015)
• Information for patients and families about STEROIDS  (20 November 2017)
• EMRPCC: Opioid conversion ratios - Guide to Palliative Care Practice 2016 (3 May 2016)
• EMRPCC: End of life care: Management of respiratory secretions (2013)
• EMRPCC: Syringe driver drug compatibilities - Guide to Palliative Care Practice 2016 (3 May 2016)
• Palliative care nurse practitioner - Symptom assessment guide (2011)
• Palliative care nurse practitioner candidate - Clinical competencies (2011)
• Bereavement support standards and bereavement care pathway for quality palliative care (2017)
• Family meetings in palliative care: Multidisciplinary clinical practice guidelines (Aug 2015)
• EOLRSF: Noisy breathing at end of life (2013)

Online Resources

• Online resources for physicians and patients from the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Reports

• Evidence based strategies and resources for family carer support (2017) 
• Establishment and preliminary outcomes of a palliative care research network (2015)
• Clinical tools to assist with specialist palliative care service provision (Nov 2012)
• Bereavement support standards for specialist palliative care services (Nov 2012)
• End of life care and care pathways in Victoria: Report and recommendations (May 2011)
• Psychosocial and bereavement support for family caregivers of palliative care patients: A review of the empirical literature (Jan 2011)
• "Palliative Care: The Essentials": Evaluation of a Multidisciplinary Education Program (2008)
• Evaluation of a psycho-educational group programme for family caregivers in home-based palliative care
• Responding to desire to die statements from patients with advanced disease: Recommendations for health professionals (2006).
• Guidelines for the assessment of bereavement risk in family members of people receiving palliative care.