title: Palliative service provision in Australia.
abstract: Palliative services in Australia have grown and evolved rapidly over the past 20 years. They now offer care to people facing life-limiting illness and to their families long before the stage of terminal care. A coordinated, interdisciplinary approach is most useful, but models of care vary greatly across the country. There is still unmet need, particularly among people with non-cancer illnesses and in particular regions. Choices about place of care (community or inpatient setting) may be limited by factors such as funding policies for medications.
authors.affiliation: Flinders University, Adelaide, SA. david.currow@flinders.edu.au
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Currow
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D004501:Education, Medical; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012106:Research; D013038:Specialization; D016896:Treatment Outcome