The Western Australian Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care (WACCPC) is a collaboration between Curtin University and Edith Cowan University.
Research strengths of the WACCPC focus on ten key areas:
- Aged care
- Cancer care
- Palliative care
- Paediatric cancer and palliative care
- Primary care
- The impact of cancer, chronic and terminal illness on the family
- Symptom assessment and management
- Instrument development and testing
- Psychosocial oncology
- Care of individuals and families living with non-malignant terminal illnesses
The principal role of the WACCPC is to coordinate and support the research efforts of the team, and to ensure the dissemination of research findings to appropriate professionals, academics, palliative care/cancer providers and policy makers. The WACCPC works with local, national and international partners to conduct high quality, clinically relevant research. We offer support and supervision to postgraduate students, post-doctoral fellows and visiting fellows.
Latest News
2nd Whole Person Care National Symposium - Making a difference in the space of uncertainty
21-22 March, 2012, Sydney, New South Wales
Continuing Conversations - Updating Professional Practice in Palliative Care Conference
22-23 March, 2012, The Pier, Geelong, Victoria
Download Program and Registration form
Dignity Therapy Workshop
26-28 March, 2012, Curtin University, Shenton Park Campus, Perth, Western Australia
Compac guidelines
We have just been notified that our Compac guidelines are now available from the Commonwealth Department of Health. This project was completed by our ECU site a couple of years ago and we have been waiting for the government to approve before they could be made available. They are now at http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/palliativecare-pubs-compac-guidelines.htm
Research Symposium on Bereavement Support
The Western Australian Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care at Curtin University will be running a Research Symposium on Bereavement Support, to be held on Tuesday 27 September 2011 with guest speaker Dr Bruce Rumbold from La Trobe University. This symposium is designed to look at ways to close the gap between research and clinical practice in bereavement support and to develop a collaborative research agenda between researchers and clinicians to support clinical practice.
22nd International Symposium on ALS/MND
30 November - 2 December, 2011. Sydney, Australia.
Books
The Common Sense Guide to Improving Palliative Care
Joanne Lynn, Ekta Chaudhry, Lin Boyes Simon, Anne M. Wilkinson,
and Janice Lynch Schuster
Description (from Oxford University Press):
Improving care for the patients who are in the last phase of their lives has been a field that most health care providers have struggled with during last few years. Having worked with hundreds of providers throughout the country, these experienced authors know what providers need when it comes to implementing a quality improvement project. This guide will provide user-friendly, step-by-step instructions on how to implement a quality improvement project in the full range of care settings. The instructions will be brought to life with specific examples from actual successful projects and key information on the best practices in the industry. Readers will also be pointed to resources available online and elsewhere, with information on how to access them. The guide will be written in an informal, maximally helpful style, with checklists, tables, and boxed information. Answering 80% of the questions in less than half the space, The Common Sense Guide is the perfect portable companion to Dr. Lynn's desk reference, Improving Care for the End of Life. The book will be of great interest to all health care professionals involved in the care of those with serious chronic illness -- doctors, nurses, social workers, chaplains, clinic administrators, quality improvement experts, and so forth.
Improving Care For The End Of Life: A Sourcebook for Health
Care Managers and Clinicians
Joanne Lynn, Janice Lynch Schuster, Anne Wilkinson, Lin Noyes
Simon
Review: Dr Ernlé W. D. Young, PhD, Stanford University
Description (from Oxford University Press):
Health care professionals seeking to improve the quality of life for those living with serious illness and nearing the end of life will find exactly what their organization needs in the second edition of this acclaimed book by Dr. Joanne Lynn and her colleagues. Improving Care for the End of Life provides expert guidance on how to make significant improvements now, at all levels of the health care system from the bedside and the hospital to the health care policy and legislative arenas by using the rapid-cycle breakthrough approach to change. The ideas are proven, and the stories of teams that have put them to use will inspire and enlighten. New to the second edition: BL New chapters to address issues of growing interest such as continuity of care, and the special needs of dementia patients and their loved ones. BL Details on trajectories of care and how these affect decisions at the end of life BL Updated and expanded information on pain management, advance care planning, ventilator withdrawal, depression and delirium, advanced heart and lung disease, and more BL Scores of new insights, measurement approaches, and tips based on the experiences of hundreds of improvement teams nationwide BL Thoroughly updated references The sourcebook speaks to all managers of health care systems serving people with serious illnesses, including doctors in offices, nurse managers on hospital units, social workers in long-term care facilities, administrators of home care and hospice agencies, hospital chaplains, directors of volunteer services, and others.
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