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A pilot phase II randomized, cross-over, double-blinded, controlled efficacy study of ocreatide versus hyoscine hydrobromide for control of noisy breathing at the end-of-life

Clark, Katherine; Currow, David Christopher; Agar, Meera Ruth; Fazekas, Belinda Susan; Abernethy, Amy Pickar (2008)

Specialized palliative care services are associated with improved short- and long-term caregiver outcomes

Abernethy, Amy Pickar; Currow, David Christopher; Fazekas, Belinda Susan; Luszcz, Mary Alice; Wheeler, Jane L; Kuchibhatla, Maragatha (2008)

Creating a research culture in a palliative care service environment: A qualitative study of the evolution of staff attitudes to research during a large longitudinal controlled trial (ISRCTN81117481)

Fazekas, Belinda Susan; Currow, David Christopher; Grbich, Carol Frances; Abernethy, Amy Pickar; Shelby-James, Tania Maree (Centre de Recherche Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montreal, 2008)

This study investigated the impact of a three-year randomized control trial of different models of service provision on palliative care staff associated with the hospice where the trial was being conducted. Eleven open ...

Caresearch: finding and evaluating Australia's missing palliative care literature

Tieman, Jennifer; Abernethy, Amy Pickar; Fazekas, Belinda Susan; Currow, David Christopher (2005)

The Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Status (AKPS) scale: a revised scale for contemporary palliative care clinical practice [ISRCTN81117481]

Woods, David A; Abernethy, Amy Pickar; Shelby-James, Tania Maree; Fazekas, Belinda Susan; Currow, David Christopher (2005)

Background : The Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) is a gold standard scale. The Thorne-modified KPS (TKPS) focuses on community-based care and has been shown to be more relevant to palliative care settings than the ...

Development of a subject search filter to find information relevant to palliative care in the general medical literature

Sladek, Ruth; Tieman, Jennifer; Fazekas, Belinda Susan; Abernethy, Amy Pickar; Currow, David Christopher (2006)

The study conﬁrmed that literature relevant to palliative care is difﬁcult to identify in general medical journals. While the ﬁlter developed in this research represents the best trade-off between sensitivity, speciﬁcity, ...