CareSearch: finding and evaluating Australia's missing palliative care literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Palliative care is an evolving specialty with a growing evidence base. However, evidence is less accessible than it could be with a lower than average conversion of conference abstracts to articles in peer-reviewed journals and the need for more accessible tools to support evidence-based practice (EBP) in palliative care. The CareSearch project involved identifying, collecting and evaluating Australia's "grey" palliative care literature and identifying international published literature missing from the electronic indexing systems. The literature was then catalogued and made publicly available through the CareSearch website.

Results

To date over 2,500 items have been included in the CareSearch database and can be accessed and searched through a publicly available

SUBMITTER: Tieman JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1190188 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature