Make a difference when it matters most.
Death and dying is a part of everyone’s life. Through our palliative care research, we support health professionals and health systems in delivering care as well as empowering the community to recognise and support individuals and families who are facing the reality of dying.
There are a range of exciting PhD opportunities aligned to the Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying, that explores the universal experience of death and dying and champions the contribution of palliative care to the person the health professional and the health system.
The Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying supports diversity and warmly welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates and those with lived experience of disability or marginalisation. We also welcome and encourage your own research project ideas.
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Doctor of Philosophy (Nursing)
Duration: 4 years
Delivery mode:
In Person
Location:
Bedford Park
CRICOS code: 106270H
Annual fees:
2025: $42,700
Master of Science (Nursing)
Duration: 2 years
Delivery mode:
In Person
Location:
Bedford Park
CRICOS code: 106281E
Annual fees:
2025: $42,700
Doctor of Philosophy (Nursing) / Master of Business Administration (Future Business)
Duration: 5 years
Delivery mode:
In Person
Location:
Bedford Park
CRICOS code: 113534H
Annual fees:
2025 MBA (Future Business): $42,700
2025 PhD (Nursing): $42,700
Why undertake a PhD in Palliative Care, Death and Dying at Flinders
Potential areas of research focus could be:
We also welcome and encourage your own research project ideas. The Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying supports diversity and warmly welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates and those with lived experience of disability or marginalisation.
A PhD will provide you with expert knowledge and position you for senior roles in healthcare, aged care, community organisations, policy, academia, human services or the funeral industry.
The Caring Futures Institute is Australia’s first fully dedicated research centre for the study of self-care and caring solutions leading to better lives, better communities, better care and better systems across the population’s lifespan.
Our mission at the Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death, and Dying (RePaDD) is to make a difference to care at the end of life.
Flinders’ palliative care researchers are experience nurses and health practitioners and leaders in research in clinical and service delivery, communication, advance core planning, choice and advocacy, evidence analysis and synthesis and translation. Our research supervisors draw on their extensive knowledge to extend care in communities around Australia and the world.
Ready to find the perfect supervisor for your research journey?
Explore Research @ Flinders.
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