Access to a curated collection of reviews in palliative care
This collection provides an easy way to find reviews on topics relevant to palliative care. It is dynamic and will change over time as new reviews are released. You can access reviews according to category below or view according to recency. Our method for selecting reviews for inclusion is described in the Procedures page. This collection should not replace your own personalised search for systematic reviews on a particular topic. Users need to assess the quality of the individual reviews for their own purposes. To submit details of a review which meets the CareSearch criteria for inclusion email caresearch@flinders.edu.au.
Clinical Issues
- Anaemia
- Anxiety
- Appetite, eating, and nutrition
- Ascites
- Bereavement, grief and loss
- Bleeding and haematological
- Bowel obstruction
- Constipation
- Cough
- Delirium
- Depression
- Dignity
- Dysphagia
- Dyspnoea
- Exercise
- Existential distress
- Fatigue
- Fluids and hydration
- Hiccups
- Hope
- Last Days of life
- Nausea and vomiting
- Oral/Mouthcare
- Pain
- Palliative radiotherapy
- Palliative sedation
- Prognosis
- Pruritus
- Psychological issues
- Quality of life
- Rehabilitation
- Respiratory secretions
- Resuscitation
- Sexuality
- Skin/Wound care
- Sleeping problems
- Spinal cord compression
- Spirituality
- Symptom and clinical dilemmas
- Terminal restlessness
- Urinary problems
Specific Populations
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
- Asylum seekers and refugees
- Carers
- Families
- Homelessness
- Intellectual disability
- LGBTI
- Mental illness
- Multicultural
- Older people
- Paediatrics
- Patients
- Perinatal
- Prisoners
- Rural and remote
Care Providers
- Care workers
- Chaplains
- Dietitians
- Doctors
- GPs and primary care
- Health professionals (general)
- Music therapists
- Nurses
- Occupational therapists
- Paramedics
- Pharmacists
- Physiotherapists
- Psychologists
- Social workers
- Speech pathologists
- Students
- Volunteers
Disease Groups
- Cancer
- Chronic diseases
- COPD
- Diabetes
- Heart failure
- Liver failure
- Motor neurone disease
- Parkinson’s disease
- People with dementia
- Renal
- Vegetative state
Service / system issues
- Access and equity
- Advance care planning
- Advance directives
- Burn out and self care
- Care pathways
- Cognitive behaviour therapy
- Communication
- Complementary therapies
- Decision making
- Death denying
- Economics
- Education and training
- Effectiveness
- eHealth
- Ethics
- Funerals
- International perspectives
- Models of service delivery
- Needs assessment
- Organ donation
- Outcome measures
- Place of death
- Policy
- Prescribing issues
- Professional and service issues
- Quality process
- Referral
- Respite
- Site of care
- Social support
- Teams
- Tools and measures
- Transitions
- Voluntary Assisted Dying
Other Topics
Last updated 07 May 2026