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Like many areas in health, palliative care has many acronyms and abbreviations that can be confusing. Knowing what these initials mean can be illuminating.
ABS - Australian Bureau of Statistics
ACAT - Aged Care Assessment Team
ACCRM - Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
ACD - Advance Care Directive
ACGB - Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement
ACN - Australian College of Nursing
ACP - Advance Care Planning or Advance Care Plan
ACCRM - Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
ACSA - Aged and Community Services Australia
ACSQHC - Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
ADL - Activities of Daily Living
AHHA - Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
AHPA - Allied Health Professions Australia
AHPRA - Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
AHW - Aboriginal Health Worker
AIHW - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
AKPS - Australian Karnofsky Performance Status
AMA - Australian Medical Association
ANF - Australian Nursing Federation
AN-SNAP - Australian National Subacute and Non-Acute Patient (AN-SNAP)
ANZPPCRG - Australian and New Zealand Paediatric Palliative Care Reference Group
ANZSPM - Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine
APHN - Asia Pacific Hospice and Palliative Care Association
APNA - Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association
APRAC - Australian Palliative Care in Residential Aged Care
ARC - Australian Research Council
BMI - Body mass Index
CALD - Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
CAM - Complementary and Alternative Medicines
CAPC - Center to Advance Palliative Care
CATSINaM - Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives
CEBPARAC - Comprehensive Evidence-Based Palliative Approach in Residential Aged Care
CHeRP - Centre for Health Research & Psycho-Oncology
CHF - Consumer Health Forum
CINAHL - Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
COAG - Council of Australian Governments
COMPAC - Palliative Approach in Aged Care in the Community
COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
CoP - Community of Practice
CPCRE - Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education
CPD - Continuing Professional Development
CPR - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
CRANA - Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia
CRANAplus - Peak Professional Body for the Remote & Isolated Health Workforce
DoH - Department of Health
DVA - Department of Veterans' Affairs
EACH - Extended Aged Care at Home
EACH-D - Extended Aged Care at Home-Dementia
EAPC - European Association of Palliative Care
EBM - Evidence-Based Medicine
EBP - Evidence-Based Practice
EBPC - Evidence-Based Palliative Care
EBPRAC - Encouraging Best Practice in Residential Aged Care
ED - Emergency Department
EdCAN - National Cancer Nursing Education Project
ELDAC - End of life Directions for Aged Care
EN - Enrolled Nurse
EoL - End of Life
EoLCP - End-of-Life Care Plan
EPC - Enhanced Primary Care
ESAS - Edmonton Symptom Assessment System
eviQ - eviQ Cancer Treatments Online
FECCA - Federation of Ethnic Communities' Council of Australia
GP - General Practitioner
GPN - General Practice Nurses
HIV/AIDS - Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
HONcode - Health On the Net Foundation code of conduct
HRQoL - Health-related quality of life
IADL - Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
IAHPC - International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care
IASP - International Association for the Study of Pain
ICD - International Classification of Diseases
IMG - International Medical Graduate
IPL - Interprofessional Learning (IPL)
IPOS - International Psycho-Oncology Society
IPP-SHR -International Program of Psycho-Social Health
IT - Information Technology
LASA - Leading Aged Services Australia
LCP - Liverpool Care Plan
LGBTI - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex
LOS - Length of Stay
MBS - Medicare Benefits Schedule
MeSH - Medical Subject Heading
MJA - Medical Journal of Australia
MND - Motor Neurone Disease
MOOC - Massive Open Online Courses
MS - Multiple Sclerosis
MSOAP - Medical Specialists Outreach Assistance Program
NACCHO - National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
NAT-C - Needs Assessment Tool for Carers
NAT:PD-C - Needs Assessment Tool: Progressive Disease - Cancer
NCPC - National Council for Palliative Care (UK)
NHHRC - National Health and Hospital Reform Commission
NHMRC - National Health and Medical Research Council
NHPCO - National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (US)
NHS - National Health Service (UK)
NICE - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
NICS - National Institute of Clinical Studies
NP - Nurse Practitioner
NPS - National Prescribing Service
NSAP - National Standards Assessment Program
OATSIH - Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
OT - Occupational Therapist
PaCCSC - Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative
PBS - Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
PCA - Palliative Care Australia
PCNA - Palliative Care Nurses Australia
PCC4U - Palliative Care Curriculum for Undergraduates
PCOC - Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration
PCMWG - Palliative Care Medications Working Group
PDSA - Plan Do Study Act
PEACH - Palliative Care Home Support Packages
PEPA - Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach
PICO - Population Intervention Comparison Outcomes
PoCoG - Psycho-Oncology Cooperative Research Group
POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education
QALY - Quality-Adjusted Life Year
QI - Quality Improvement
QoL - Quality of Life
QuoCCA - Quality of Care Collaborative for Australia in Paediatric Palliative Care
QUM - Quality Use of Medicines
RAC - Residential Aged Care
RACF - Residential Aged Care Facility
RACGP - Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
RCNA - Royal College of Nursing Australia
RCT - Randomised Controlled Trial
RN - Registered Nurse
SAS - Symptom Assessment Scale
SCN - Specialist Cancer Nurse
SDM - Substitute Decision-Maker
SF-36 - 36-Item Short Form Health Survey
SMMSE - Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination
SNAP - Sub-acute, Non-acute and Palliative care
SPCACPAS - Specialist Palliative Care and Advance Care Planning Advisory Services
TGA - Therapeutic Goods Administration
WACCPC - Western Australian Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care
WHO - World Health Organization
WPCA - Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance
Last updated 11 September 2018