Questions and answers about palliative care
- Do you want urgent advice about the management of a patient with a life limiting or terminal illness?
- Do you want to refer a patient to their local palliative care service?
- Do you want to access training, education or professional development opportunities in palliative care?
- Do you want information about palliative care for your profession?
- Do you want more general information about palliative care, or to access detailed information resources about palliative care?
- Do you want information about policy development in palliative and end of life care?
Do you want urgent advice about the management of a patient with a life limiting or terminal illness?
- The Silver Chain Rural Telephone Nurse Advisory Service number is 1800 420 102.
- The Silver Chain Call Centre will page the on-duty Palliative Care Nurse Consultant who will contact you.
- You may be referred by Silver Chain to the Palliative Care Medical Consultant Advisory Service, depending on patient needs.
- This Service is for health providers only - members of the general public should only call Silver Chain on 08 9242 0242.
Do you want to refer a patient to their local palliative care service?
- In Perth and some country WA locations: Silver Chain Hospice Care Service: 08 9242 0242.
- In all areas: enter the patient's postcode into Palliative Care Australia's National Palliative Care Service Directory.
Do you want to access training, education or professional development opportunities in palliative care?
- Cancer Council WA Palliative and Supportive Care Education
- Caresearch
- Royal Australian College of GPs online modules for doctors
- Palliative Care Australia online education resources
Do you want information about palliative care for your profession?
- Palliative Care Nurses Australia
- Australian and New Zealand Society for Palliative Medicine
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Chapter of Palliative Medicine
- Clinical Oncological Society of Australia
- Medical Oncology Group Australia
Do you want more general information about palliative care, or to access detailed information resources about palliative care?
- World Health Organisation definitions of palliative care and palliative care for children
- Palliative Care Australia
- Palliative Care WA Inc
- Caresearch
- Therapeutic Guidelines
- MAPCARE Project - palliative and end of life care management information for nurses in acute hospitals (from SA)
