We are happy to announce the release of the 5th edition of the Palliative Care handbook, incorporating the Nurse Maude Palliative Care Formulary, written by Jane Vella-Brincat, Clinical Pharmacist, A. Prof. Dr A.D.(Sandy) Macleod, Medical Director, and Professor Rod MacLeod, Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Auckland. You can view a copy of the handbook from the link below. A hard copy of the handbook ($7.50) is available from Karen Duffield. Please email karend@nursemaude.org.nz. 

To access the handbook click Pallative Care Handbook

Our latest, diagnostic toolkit: Pain Assessment Made Easy
The Goodfellow Unit, with support from the Auckland Faculty Board of the RNZCGP, is pleased to announce that we have just completed our latest diagnostic toolkit from our Made Easy series, Pain Assessment Made Easy.

Web-based case studies for GPs, nurses, and other health professionals.
The Goodfellow Club site has ACC funded case studies on occupational diseases for GPs and evidence based quizzes for nurses. GPs are eligible for MOPS points and nurses can obtain continuing educational hours at www.goodfellowclub.org.    

Practical Evidence About Real Life Situations (PEARLS)
Free access through the Goodfellow Unit!
Succinct summaries of Cochrane Systematic Reviews for primary care practitioners. Developed by the Cochrane primary care field at the Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, The University of Auckland.