Palliative Care
Carer information brochures
Information brochures to offer practical advice and support to the carers of patients.
You can request free copies of many of the palliative care publications (by mail or fax).
These information brochures have been developed by Carers Australia.
Palliative care brochure:
English - Palliative care brochure (PDF 146 KB)
(PDF 219 KB) 
(PDF 339 KB)
(PDF 135 KB)Loss and Grief brochure:
English - Loss and grief brochure (PDF 155 KB)
Support for carers brochure:
English - Support for carers brochure (PDF 158 KB)
Chinese - 
(PDF 279 KB)
An html version of this document is being prepared. If you are having difficulty accessing the PDF, please contact: palliative.care@health.gov.au for an alternate version to be sent to you.
Program/Initiatives
All Program/InitiativesPublications
- 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
- Providing culturally appropriate palliative care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: Resource Kit
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