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Advance care planning / Decision making

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Clinical practice guidelines

General

Non-cancer diseases

PATH: A New Approach to End-of-Life Care Two physicians created the PATH (Palliative & Therapeutic Harmonization) model, a process which promotes careful consideration...

A Physician's Guide to the Management of Huntington Disease Provides a comprehensive overview of symptoms and management strategies.

Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: Quick Reference Guide Multiple multi-national pressure ulcer/injury advisory panel groups came together to develop clinical practice guidelines...

Principles of Opioid Management This guideline provides recommendations for the assessment and symptom management of adult patients (age 19 years and older)...

Refractory Symptoms and Palliative Sedation Therapy Guideline This guideline provides recommendations for the ongoing assessment and symptom management of adult patients (age 19 years...

Senior's Mental Health: Canadian Guidelines The Canadian Coalition of Senior's Mental Health National Guideline Project was created in 2005 (with support from the Public...

Symptom Assessment Acronym The Symptom Assessment Acronym is a tool to aid in a systematic assessment approach to whatever hospice palliative care symptom...

Talking about sex, sexuality and relationships: guidance and standards Developed in partnership by Together for Short Lives and the Open University Sexuality Alliance, ‘Talking about sex, sexuality...

Psychosocial / spiritual care

Symptoms

Pruritus - B.C. Inter-professional Palliative Symptom Management Guidelines These best practice guidelines are a result of a collaboration of the following organizations: The BC Centre for Palliative...

Respiratory Congestion - B.C. Inter-professional Palliative Symptom Management Guidelines These best practice guidelines are a result of a collaboration of the following organizations: The BC Centre for Palliative...

Sedation for Palliative Purposes – Evidence Informed Practice Tool This guideline provides recommendations for adult and pediatric clinical practice when Sedation for Palliative Purposes is...

Sedation for Palliative Purposes Guideline – PowerPoint Presentation This is the PowerPoint presentation that outlines details of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority guideline on Sedation...

Severe Bleeding - B.C. Inter-professional Palliative Symptom Management Guidelines These best practice guidelines are a result of a collaboration of the following organizations: The BC Centre for Palliative...

Twitching / Myoclonus / Seizures - B.C. Inter-professional Palliative Symptom Management Guidelines These best practice guidelines are a result of a collaboration of the following organizations: The BC Centre for Palliative...

Communication

Complementary therapies

Critical care

Culture

Diseases

Dying at home

Education

Ethics

Evidence databases

Grief and bereavement

Health care directives / Living wills - see Advanced care planning