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          • Experiencing Bowel Problems?
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          • Trouble Getting Around?
          • Considering Further Treatment?
          • Looking for Other Treatment?
          • Sick of Hospitals?
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        • End of Life
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          • Other Decisions
          • Making the Will
          • Organ Donation
          • A Desire to Die
        • The People Who Care
          • Physical Health
          • Mental Health
          • Social Effects
          • Financial Effects
          • Access to Information
          • Effect on Families
          • Practical Matters
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          • What Is It?
          • Where Is It Provided?
          • Who Provides It?
          • When and Why Should I Use It?
          • How Much Will It Cost?
          • Is It Right For Me?
          • How Do I Get Access To Care?
        • Useful Self Assessment Tools
        • Glossary
        • Print Options
        • Need Help Now?
    • Older Australia
      • We Are Getting Older
      • Caring and Aged Care
        • Thinking About Aged Care
        • Planning for the Future
      • Dementia
      • Understanding Death and Dying
      • Grieving
    • Diversity
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        • Talking About Dying
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        • Talking with Others
        • Finding Support
        • Making Plans
        • Communication
        • Cost of Care
        • Discrimination
      • For Health Professionals
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        • Culturally Aware Practice
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        • Assessing Prognosis
        • Assessing Symptoms
        • Assessing Distress
        • Assessing Family and Caregivers
      • Planning Care
        • Sharing Care
        • Advance Care Planning
        • Planning for a Home Death
        • Residential Aged Care
      • Symptoms
        • Appetite
        • Bowels
        • Breathlessness
        • Delirium
        • Fatigue
        • Nausea and Vomiting
        • Pain
        • Sleep
      • Clinical Decisions
        • Managing Opioids
        • Procedures and Investigations
        • The Deteriorating Patient
        • Emergencies
        • Syringe Drivers
        • Psychosocial Complexity
        • Refractory Problems
        • Voluntary Assisted Dying
      • The Dying Patient
        • End of Life Symptoms
        • Supporting Families and Caregivers
      • Bereavement
        • Following up the Bereaved
      • Professional Practice
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        • Prescribing
        • Self-Care
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          • Primary Care / Community
          • Rural and Remote
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          • Family Meetings and Case Conferences
          • Patient Education
        • Communication within the Care Team
        • Communication within an Organisation
        • Dealing with Conflict
        • Communication Resources
      • Assessment
        • Assessment in Ongoing Care
        • Assessing Distress
        • Assessing Carers and Family
        • Prognosis
        • Assessment Resources
      • Planning and Coordinating Care
        • Advance Care Planning
        • Anticipatory Care
        • Care Coordination
        • Goals of Care
        • Person-Centred Care
        • Shared and Supported Decision-Making
        • Support for Families
        • Planning and Coordinating Care Resources
      • Clinical Care
        • Clinical Reasoning
        • Complementary Therapies
        • Ethical Issues
        • Medicines Management
          • Palliative Medicines
          • Evidence for Medicines
          • Prescribing Resources
          • The Role of the Carer
        • Non-malignant / End Stage Disease
        • Psychosocial Care
        • Recognising Deterioration
        • Spiritual Care
        • Symptom Management
          • Appetite and Weight Loss
          • Bowel Problems
          • Delirium
          • Dyspnoea
          • Fatigue
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