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Death and Dying

Title	Loving care for people with terminal illness
Publication no.	BHC - 3305
Last update	24/09/2009
Summary	How palliative care helps people with a terminal illness or an illness that can't be cured.
Languages	Chinese Traditional (pdf), Croatian (pdf), English (pdf), Italian (pdf), Spanish (pdf), Turkish (pdf)

Title	Palliative Care
Publication no.	AHS - 7955
Last update	24/09/2009
Summary	Information about palliative care - services for people who have an illness for which a cure is not possible.
Languages	Arabic (pdf), Chinese Traditional (pdf), Croatian (pdf), Dutch (pdf), English (pdf), Filipino (pdf), French (pdf), German (pdf), Greek (pdf), Hindi (pdf), Hungarian (pdf), Italian (pdf), Macedonian (pdf), Maltese (pdf), Polish (pdf), Punjabi (pdf), Sinhalese (pdf), Spanish (pdf), Tamil (pdf), Turkish (pdf)

Title	Post mortem examination of a stillborn baby
Publication no.	DOH - 7960
Last update	24/09/2009
Summary	Information for parents about the post-mortem examination of a stillborn baby
Languages	Arabic (pdf), Chinese Traditional (pdf), English (pdf), Indonesian (pdf), Japanese (pdf), Khmer (pdf), Korean (pdf), Lao (pdf), Thai (pdf), Turkish (pdf), Vietnamese (pdf)

Title	When a baby dies
Publication no.	BHC - 4955
Last update	24/09/2009
Summary	Explains the practice in most Australian hospitals of allowing parents to spend time with their dead baby if they wish. Includes information about grief and grief counselling.
Languages	Arabic (pdf), Chinese Traditional (pdf), Croatian (pdf), English (pdf), Italian (pdf), Korean (pdf), Macedonian (pdf), Portuguese (pdf), Russian (pdf), Spanish (pdf), Thai (pdf), Turkish (pdf), Vietnamese (pdf)

Title	When a relative dies in hospital
Publication no.	HTS - 539
Last update	24/09/2009
Summary	Information for people whose relative has died in hospital. Includes information on interpreter services, what to do about the deceased person's belongings, post-mortems, funeral arrangements, funeral costs, and death certificates.
Languages	Arabic (pdf), Chinese Traditional (pdf), Croatian (pdf), English (pdf), Greek (pdf), Italian (pdf), Khmer (pdf), Lao (pdf), Maltese (pdf), Polish (pdf), Portuguese (pdf), Russian (pdf), Serbian (pdf), Turkish (pdf), Vietnamese (pdf)