Broadening the role of paramedics in palliative care Paramedics’ scope of practice has traditionally been limited to providing life-sustaining interventions for acute emergencies. But they also have the unique potential to... Read more... 30/10/2019 | Health Professionals | Allied Health Tags: Paramedics Views: 578
Dancing Between Two Rooms: Social Workers Engaging with People as... Rapport is an essential ingredient of quality palliative care. What is important to the person as a human being, not as a “sufferer of terminal illness”, will shape... Read more... 19/03/2019 | Health Professionals | Allied Health | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Social work Views: 498
Symptom Management in the Terminal Phase: Turning Challenges into... Susan Gravier and Paul Tait from CareSearch and Southern Adelaide Palliative Services discuss the newly revised Symptoms and Medicines pages in the palliAGED Practice Centre... Read more... 26/02/2019 | Health Professionals | Allied Health | InFocus | Pain Management Tags: palliAGED | Medications and pharmacy Views: 514
Staying in the ring: Clinical speech pathology at the end of life Speech pathologists will often work with patients undergoing palliative care and treatment, despite the perception that it may not be their role. Wendy Pearse, Principal... Read more... 22/01/2019 | Health Professionals | Allied Health Tags: Speech pathology Views: 341