
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hatton, Ian 
A1  - Mcdonald, Keith 
A1  - Nancarrow, Lynette 
A1  - Fletcher, Keith 
T1  - The Griffith Area Palliative Care Service: A Pilot Project
JF  - Australian Health Review
JO  - Aust. Health Review
Y1  - 2003
VL  - 26
IS  - 2
SP  - 11
EP  - 18
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AH030011 
N2  - In September 2000 the Commonwealth released, as part of its National Palliative Care Strategy under the AustralianHealth Care Agreements, a National Framework for Palliative Care Service Development. The new NationalFramework stressed an important set of values to guide models of palliative care delivery. It notes that the challenge isto secure the place of palliative care as an integral part of health care across Australia, routinely available within localcommunities to those people who need it. Care and support for people who are dying and their families need to bebuilt not only into health care services, but also into the fabric of communities and their support networks. While fewwould disagree with this, little is known about how best to achieve it in rural Australia. The Griffith Area PalliativeCare Service (GAPS) is a two-year pilot project delivering a palliative care service through a truly integrated approachto care for patients, their carers and families within the Griffith Local Government Area and Carrathool Shire areas.This paper describes how GAPS is successfully meeting the challenges of service provision to rural and remote areas. 
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