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Communication

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Grief and bereavement

Health care directives / Living wills - see Advanced care planning

Hospice and palliative care

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Cicely Saunders, Founder of the Hospice Movement: Selected Letters, 1959-1999 Cicely Saunders is universally acclaimed as a pioneer of modern hospice care. Trained in nursing, social work, then medicine...

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care The goal of the 4th edition of the National Consensus Project’s Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative...

The Common Sense Guide to Improving Palliative Care Joanne Lynn and colleagues give practical advice on how to get measurable quality improvements in palliative care provided...

Conceptual Foundations of a Palliative Approach: a Knowledge Synthesis Key characteristics of a palliative approach based on literature review.

Conversations: The heart of advance care planning A complete guide to how to have conversations about your wishes, values, and beliefs with your substitute decision maker(s).

The Council on Palliative Care (Quebec) Website with downloadable resources, videos, lists of suggested books, readings, and Quebec programs and services (listed...

Death By Design (podcast) We must become the designer of our own destination. We must learn how to build the pathways to our last chapter by creating...

Dignity and the essence of medicine: the A, B, C, and D of dignity conserving care Kindness, humanity, and respect - the core values of medical professionalism - are too often being overlooked in the time...

Dignity in Care Dignity in Care provides practical ideas and tools to support a culture of compassion and respect throughout the health care...

Dr Harvey Max Chochinov’s address – CMA August 2012 The following address was delivered by Dr Harvey Max Chochinov to the CMA's 145th Annual Meeting and General Council, on...

Government / group reports

Program development / Standards and norms

Little Stars: Accomplishing the Extraordinary in the Face of Serious Illness Little Stars tells the surprisingly life-affirming stories of young people living with life-limiting illnesses. Against the...

Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID): Ontario As part of its efforts to implement a consistent approach to the MAID process in Ontario, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term...

National Palliative Care Standards for All Health Professionals and Aged Care Services: For professionals not working in specialist palliative care The National Palliative Care Standards were developed with the aim of supporting better experiences and outcomes for people...

Nursing Care at the End of Life: What Every Clinician Should Know Nursing Care at the End of Life: What Every Clinician Should Know should be an essential component of basic educational preparation...

The Ontario Palliative Care Competency Framework: A Reference Guide for Health Professionals and Volunteers This reference guide for health professionals and volunteers describes the knowledge, personal attributes and skills providers...

Ontario Palliative Care Network Action Plan 1: 2017 – 2020: Action Areas, Actions and Timelines This Action Plan (2017 to 2020) is the work plan that will guide how the partners of the Ontario Palliative Care Network...

Palliative 4 Canadians Palliative 4 Canadians is a coalition of four national organizations whose sole mandate is to improve palliative care in...

Palliative and end of life care: Alberta Provincial Framework This Palliative and End-of-Life Care (PEOLC) Provincial Framework has been written by experts in PEOLC across Alberta.

Palliative Care - Fact Sheet This fact sheet supports the World Health Organization's goal to improve access to palliative care as a core component of...

Palliative Care and Human Rights for Older Persons (Public Health Fact Sheet) This fact sheet examines the growing need for older persons’ palliative care, the distinct and specific palliative care and...

Indigenous people

Interdisciplinary practice

International

Long term care

Medication reference guides

Other

Palliative care emergencies

Pediatrics

Professional associations

Prognostication / Care in the final days

Psychosocial care