Palliative care is often misunderstood as the point where active treatment stops and “nothing more can be done.” But that is not what modern palliative care looks like.
In this first episode of our new palliative care series, we unpack what palliative care actually is, when it should begin, how it can sit alongside disease-directed treatment, and why referral does not mean giving up.
We also look at who provides palliative care and where it can happen; at home, in hospital, in dedicated palliative care units, in residential aged care, and through outpatient or virtual care.
This episode sets the foundation for the rest of the series, where we’ll dive into opioids, breathlessness, nausea, constipation, delirium, anticipatory medicines, syringe drivers, the last days of life, and more.
As always, there are reflective questions at the end for clinicians who want to use the episode to support CPD documentation or for anyone who wants to think a little more deeply about what good care looks like when cure is not the only goal.
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