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An international expert is urging greater emphasis on carers and health professionals reinforcing the identity of individuals with limiting or terminal illnesses. Speaking in advance of her scheduled address at the upcoming Palliative Care Australia (PCA) conference in Melbourne, senior ...

Nurses angrily rejected comments from the NT health minister, after he argued last week that valuable research dollars were being wasted on extending the lives of ageing terminal patients at the expense of furthering treatments for children’s health. In an ...

Shorter mothers have genes that increase their chances of giving birth to smaller or prematurely born babies, research has shown. A study of 3485 women and infants from Finland, Denmark and Norway found that every centimetre of extra height increased ...

A multiple birth brings excitement, anxiety and ultimately happiness to a pediatric hospital in Afghanistan. By Ally Moebus With nervous anticipation, I stood in Dasht-e-Barchi operating theatre. I’d spent most of my nursing career in Australia working at a tertiary ...

Union says current work programs need to change because they’re taking jobs from Australians and exploiting migrant workers. By Amie Larter Australia’s temporary work visa programs are having negative impacts on both Australian graduates and 457 workers, the nursing union says. ...

Shiftwork, long hours and family commitments have been identified by a Queensland researcher as the key barriers preventing nurses from being true role models for healthy lifestyles. A survey of Bundaberg-based nurses carried out by associate lecturer in nursing at the ...

A review has found there is far less clinical trial activity related to dementia than researchers expected, given the condition’s growing prevalence and national disease burden. The analysis, carried out by researchers at the National Health and Medical Research Council ...

The number of Australians hospitalised with severe life-threatening allergic reactions has increased by 50 per cent between 2005 and 2012. Hospital admissions increased in all age groups, while the highest rates are still for patients under five with the cause ...

Nurses have penned an open letter to trade ministers and government leaders warning about a range of detrimental effects on Australia’s and other nations’ health systems from a key international trade agreement. The controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been spruiked by the Australian ...

The emotional labour of nursing takes a toll; a concerted effort to limit its effects is essential to the future of healthcare. By Scott Lamont, Scott Brunero and Lin Perry Internationally, healthcare organisations face the challenge of retaining a healthy ...