CareSearch. (2022). Acute Care. Retrieved from https://www.caresearch.com.au/Health-Professionals/Settings-of-Care/Acute-Care
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CareSearch. Acute Care [Internet]. Adelaide SA: CareSearch, Flinders University; [updated 2022 Dec 5; cited 2025 Mar 30]. Available from: https://www.caresearch.com.au/Health-Professionals/Settings-of-Care/Acute-Care
The acute care section contains evidence-based palliative care information and resources for health professionals providing services to patients who identify as requiring end-of-life care (within the last 12 months of life) and those in the terminal phase of life where death is imminent and likely within hours or days, or occasionally weeks, and their families and carers.
Identify changes in patient care needs.
Find resources to aid in communication.
Learn about existing models of care that are currently in use.
Review key documents addressing palliative care in acute care.
Find information for clinical and nonclinical needs.
Discover the roles and scope of practice of others that can assist.
Last updated 05 December 2022