Creating a bereavement portal
Written by Professor Jennifer Tieman, Director, RePaDD Many Australians are affected by a bereavement each year, and this can affect their health and wellbeing. Family […]
Research
Multidisciplinary research critical in improving palliative care
Written by Professor Jennifer Tieman, Director, RePaDD Palliative care, death, and dying may not seem a natural field for research. However, there are many issues […]
Meet our Member: Dr Sara Javanparast
Dr Sara Javanparast is a general practitioner (trained and practiced in Iran) with over 13 years of experience in public health and primary health care […]
Dignity support at end of life
How a two-way approach can promote quality care At the end of life, people may have to rely on others for help with showering, dressing […]
Natural Death versus Known Date-of-Death
Written by Lauren Miller-Lewis – CQUniversity, Deb Rawlings – Flinders University, and Professor Jennifer Tieman – Flinders University. Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) can be seen […]
Organisational readiness key to improving end-of-life care in hospitals
Hospitals provide end-of-life care to many people every year, with many deaths in Australia taking place in one. With the number of Australians who die […]
Meet our member: Ms Raechel Damarell
Ms Damarell is a PhD Candidate in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, exploring general practitioner experiences of managing patients with multimorbidity and a […]
Meet our member: Dr Deidre Morgan
As an occupational therapist with 25 years clinical experience Dr Morgan has an in-depth understanding of the public health system and the value and importance […]
Word Sentiment Matters: How we describe our feelings about death
Recently, co-authors Lauren Miller-Lewis, Trent Lewis, and Jennifer Tieman chatted with Tania Bawden from the Flinders University media team about their new study that was […]