Australian Palliative Care for Chronic Cancer Patients in the Community

This chapter summarises the current state of palliative care provided to people living in the community in Australia (‘community based palliative care’). We begin with a brief overview of Australia’s changing demography, health system and historical context of palliative care for people living with cancer. We then discuss a selection of ways in which Australia is working to improve access for people living with cancer in the community who have palliative care needs.