You can search within any of the journals listed below, or browse the table of contents.

To search a range of journals use the Health Science databases

To search Medline, enter keywords into the Ovid search box at the top left of this guide. 

CINAHL nursing and allied health literature

PsycINFO - psychology and related disciplines

Cochrane Library - includes a number systematic reviews on palliative care

CareSearch - palliative care knowledge network (Flinders University, Adelaide)

A selective list of palliative care journals held by the Library. Use title search to locate online journals

• American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine (1991-present)
• BMC Palliative Care (August 2005-present)
• Death Studies (July 1993-one year ago)
• Indian Journal of Palliative Care (June 2006-present)
• International Journal of Palliative Nursing (2002-present)
• Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (1995-present)
• Palliative and Supportive Care (2003-present)
• Palliative Medicine (1988-present)
• Supportive Care in Cancer (1997-present)

Here you will find Library and other resources for palliative care. Use them in conjunction with other resources on the Health Sciences Guide.

Please contact Margaret if you need assistance using any of these resources.

Palliative care and Māori

• Te Ipu Aronui A website focusing on Māori end of life experiences. Includes short films showcasing whānau care of Kaumātua as they approach death. The site is a response to the concerns that Māori are losing knowledge of traditional end of life caregiving tikanga.
• Mauri Mate: A Māori palliative care framework for hospices (Hospice New Zealand)
• Whakatataka Taurua: Māori Health Action Plan 2006-2011

Ministry of Health & Te Whatu Ora | Health New Zealand palliative care resources

• Palliative care resources (from the Ministry of Health)
• Ministry of Health: About the Assisted Dying Services an overview of the service and how it fits into other end of life care options.
• New Zealand Palliative Care Strategy (last updated Feb 2023)
• New Zealand Cancer Action Plan 2019-2029 (Revised January 2020)
• New Zealand Cancer Plan: Better, faster cancer care 2015-2018 (2014)
• Review of adult palliative care services in New Zealand (2017)
• Te Ara Whakapiri: Principles and guidance for the last days of life (2017)
• Gap analysis of specialist palliative care in New Zealand (2009)
• A National professional development framework for palliative care nursing in Aotearoa New Zealand (2008)

Other New Zealand palliative care resources

• Frailty care guides | Ngā aratohu maimoa hauwarea (2023 edition) Te Tāhū Hauora - Health Quality & Safety Commission
• He Purongo Mate Pukupuku o Aotearoa: The state of cancer care in New Zealand 2020 Cancer Control Agency
• What is it like to die? Hospice New Zealand video discusses the physical act of dying.
•  Ending well: The urgent case for accessible palliative care Maxim Institute discussion paper.
• Hospice New Zealand
• Knowledge and Skills Framework for Cancer Nurses (MoH, NZNO, CNC)
• Palliative Care Council of New Zealand
• A good death a film about end-of-life care and advance care planning for patients, their families and caregivers
• My name is Jane NZ On Screen 1999

Australia

• National Association for Loss and Grief Australian not-for-profit charity providing grief support, training and education
• CareSearch Australian Palliative care knowledge network
• The palliative care bridge: supporting living to the end 

UK

• Midhurst Macmillan Community Specialist Palliative Care Service: Delivering end-of-life care in the community (kingsfund.org.uk) 
• Palliative care (NHS inform)
• Palliative and end of life care (NHS)

International 

• World Health Organization Under Health Topics select Palliative Care. Includes news items, publications videos, infographics and more.
• Global atlas of palliative care (2nd ed.) 2020
• ehospice international news on hospice, palliative and end-of-life care
• The 2015 Quality of Death Index: Ranking palliative care across the world The Economist

Patient and family information 

• Advance Care Planning (ACP) 
• A good death video for patients with COPD, their families and caregivers
• Midhurst Macmillan community specialist palliative care service: Delivering end-of-life care in the community
• After Cicely - Asian women in palliative care
• Rethinking the bucket list - TED talk
• Being mortal (PBS documentary)
• Let's talk near death (Apple podcast)

Search the catalogue using the following subject keywords

• palliative treatment
• terminal care
• terminally ill
• hospice*
• death psychological aspects
• death moral ethical aspects

Browse the shelves at these classifcations

• R726    Ethical and moral aspects of terminal care
• R726.8 Terminal care
• RA1000  Hospices
• RJ 249 Terminal care. Pediatrics
• HV3000 Social Work. Terminally ill

Supplementary classifications

• BJ 1469  Death. Dying, Ethics