
Palliative care is the provision of caring and dignified support and services for people of all ages facing a life-limiting condition. It is provided wherever the person is, whether that is in the home, hospital, community clinic or hospice.


Mauri Mate

Managing common symptoms

Planning ahead

Advance care planning

Talking about dying

Services and support

Acute crisis in palliative care

Appetite loss in palliative care

Breathlessness in palliative care

Bowel obstruction in palliative care

Constipation in palliative care

Nausea and vomiting in palliative care

Weakness and fatigue in palliative care

Malignant spinal cord compression (MSCC)

Raised intracranial pressure

Superior vena cava obstruction (SVCO)

Terminal haemorrhage

Care in the last few days of life

Delirium in palliative care

Cough in palliative care

Itching in palliative care
