This page contains information about clinical resources relevant to the delivery of care at the end of life for use within Queensland. This information accompanies the Queensland Health Care at End of Life resources.
Each guideline has a statewide remit. Each facility or Hospital and Health Service has guidelines, procedures and policies—please check with local service providers for more information.
- Care plans
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- Advance care planning
- Acute Resuscitation Plan
- Care Plan for the Dying Person
- Acute Resuscitation Plan
For children
- Guidelines
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- Australian Therapeutic Guidelines: Palliative Care
- Guidelines for the handling of medication in community based palliative care services in Queensland
- Queensland Health guide to Informed decision-making in healthcare
- Queensland Health Advance Care Planning Guidelines
- Queensland Health Prescribing medical aids and equipment
- Sad News Sorry Business: Guidelines for caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through death and dying
- A charter for care of adult patients at the end of life
- End-of-life care: Guidelines for decision-making about withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining measures from adult patients
- Guide to the Pharmacological Management of End of Life (Terminal) Symptoms in Residential Aged Care Residents
- Queensland Health Primary Clinical Care Manual
For children
- A practical guide to palliative care in paediatrics
- A charter for children and young people affected by a life-limiting condition
- End-of-life care: Decision-making for withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining measures from patients under 18 years
- Clinical tools and pathways
- Telephone support services for clinicians
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My Health Record
Phone: 1800 723 471
Office of Advance Care Planning
Phone: 1300 007 227
Office of the Public Guardian
Phone: 1300 753 624 – hotline for health professionals requiring health care consent (Mon-Fri 7am-7pm and Sat/Sun 9am-5pm)
Paediatric Palliative Care Service
Phone: 1800 249 648 - toll free 24/7 palliative care support and advice hotline
PallConsult
Phone: 1300 PALLDR (1300 725 537) – 24/7 hotline for prescribers (General Practitioners and Nurse Practitioners)
Phone: 1300 PALLCR (1300 725 527) – 24/7 hotline for Nurses and Allied Health ProfessionalsThe Public Trustee
Phone: 1300 360 044
- Other resources
- A multidisciplinary guide to identify those who may benefit from advance care planning (ACP Quick Guide)
- Consent to provide health care to adults
- Information for patients, families and carers
- Six Step Advance Care Planning Process
- Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining measures - Legal considerations for adult patients
- Compassionate conversations: A guide to using an interpreter in virtual communication
Contact us
Email: CareAtEOL@health.qld.gov.au
