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Providing culturally appropriate palliative care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: Resource Kit
Also known as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Palliative Care Resource Kit, this publication provides strategies and training material to support staff in mainstream health services to provide culturally appropriate palliative care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
You can request free copies of many of the palliative care publications (by mail or fax).
You may download this document in PDF format:
Practice Principles
Provide strategies that have been developed specifically to support palliative care services and personnel to meet the cultural needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, their families and communities.You may download this document in PDF format:
PDF printable version of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Palliative Care Resource Kit - Practice Principles (PDF 576 KB)
You may also download this document in smaller parts:
- Cover page, Table of contents (PDF 83 KB)
- Section 1: Introduction (PDF 323 KB)
- Section 2: The Practice Principles and implementation strategies (PDF 143 KB)
- Section 3: Factors influencing implementation (PDF 336 KB)
- Bibliography (PDF 59 KB)
Resource
Has been developed to support training, within mainstream health services, for the provision of palliative care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.You may download this document in PDF format:
PDF printable version of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Palliative Care Resource Kit - Resource (PDF 1555 KB)
You may also download this document in smaller parts:
Discussion Paper
Provides an overview of existing literature relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples perspectives and issues around death and dying.You may download this document in PDF format:
PDF printable version of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Palliative Care Resource Kit - Discussion Paper (PDF 587 KB)
You may also download this document in smaller parts:
- Cover page, Table of contents, Introduction (PDF 143 KB)
- Section 1: Critical concepts and considerations
- Section 2: Literature review (PDF 175 KB)
- Section 3: Working with social and cultural diversity in palliative care (PDF 128 KB)
- Bibliography (PDF 90 KB)
- Appendix 1 (PDF 52 KB)
- Appendix 2 (PDF 312 KB)
Course
Provides an outline of a teaching unit on the provision of palliative care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in a culturally safe environment.You may download this document in PDF format:
PDF printable version of the Providing culturally appropriate palliative care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples - Resource Kit (PDF 109 KB)
An html version of these documents are being prepared. If you are having difficulty accessing the PDF files, please contact: palliative.care@health.gov.au for a copy to be sent to you.
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Program/Initiatives
- Mobile Outreach Service Plus
- Encouraging Better Practice in Aged Care (EBPAC)
- Closing the Gap: Tackling Indigenous Chronic Disease Package
- National Indigenous Health Workforce Training Package
- Ear and Hearing Training initiative for Aboriginal Health Workers
Publications
- Evaluation of the NT MOS projects
- Evaluation of the Bringing them home and Indigenous mental health programs
- Interim Evaluation of the Northern Territory Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Aged Care Workforce Development Projects
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework
- Australian Government strong fathers strong families program – Questions and answers fact sheet
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