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Community Palliative Care Medication Guidelines

For many years palliative care service providers have been concerned about how to effectively, safely and legally administer medications for palliative care patients who wish to remain at home.   

These concerns are addressed in:
Guidelines for the handling of medication in community based palliative care services in Queensland   (1264kb pdf). This document was updated in August 2009.

The guidelines were developed following collaboration between many palliative care professionals. The Guidelines represent consensus-based best practice in palliative care and have been endorsed by the Chief Health Officer, Queensland Health.

For further information, contact Brisbane South Palliative Care Collaborative.

Tel: 07 3169 9879

View the original media release regarding these Guidelines