The National Palliative Care Strategy - A National Framework for Palliative Care Service Development - October 2000
The National Palliative Care Strategy guides palliative care policy development and service delivery across Australia.
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You can request free copies of many of the palliative care publications (by mail or fax).
In October 2000 the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council endorsed the National Palliative Care Strategy. The Strategy is the policy document that the Australian Government and State and Territory governments use to guide palliative care policy development and service delivery across Australia.
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Program/Initiatives
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- Community Attitudes Towards Palliative Care – Summary Report — August 2006
- Community Attitudes Towards Palliative Care 2006
- A Systematic Review of the Literature on Complicated Grief
- Guidelines for a Palliative Approach in Residential Aged Care - Enhanced version
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