Acknowledgements

We are grateful to HammondCare (ABN 48 000 026 219) for their permission to use and adapt content from the previous Ninth Edition of The Palliative Care Handbook to develop Te Puka Manaaki Pairuri o Aotearoa – Putanga Tuatahi - The Palliative Care Handbook New Zealand – First Edition.

Thank you to previous editors Rod MacLeod and Steve Macfarlane also, for their time and contributions.

Thank you to Dr Warrick Jones, Director of Clinical Services, North Haven Hospice for being the lead editor on the clinical content of the handbook, and to Clare Randall, CE Arohanui Hospice & Palliative Care Pharmacist Prescriber for being the lead editor of the Pharmacopeia section.

We extend our appreciation to other reviewers Dr Di Murphy for reviewing a significant portion of the clinical content, Dr Richard Eagan for reviewing Te Wairuatanga – Spirituality chapter, and Dr Ann Kim for developing content for the chapter on Caring for the older person, and to Viv Young for reviewing the chapter on Grief and loss. We also express gratitude to Dr Jessica Kelly and Dr Helen Lunt for reviewing the chapter on Diabetes.

We would also like to acknowledge Emma Griffiths, Clinical Pharmacist for leading the review of the Syringe Driver Compatibility Chart and support from the Australia New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine (ANZSPM) for permission to use the revised chart.

We acknowledge HealthPathways and the ANZSPM Aotearoa Specialist Adult Palliative Care Guidelines to enable cross referencing of the content with current best practice. The digital information on HealthPathways will continue to be periodically reviewed to reflect the most up to date practice.