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Health care directives / Living wills - see Advanced care planning

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The Palliative Approach for Advanced Heart Failure in Long Term Care This pamphlet was made to help persons with Heart Failure and their families know what to expect at the end of life so they...

The Palliative Approach for Advanced Kidney Disease in Long Term Care This pamphlet was made to help persons with Advanced Kidney Disease and their families know what to expect at the end of...

The Palliative Approach for Advanced Lung Disease in Long Term Care This pamphlet was made to help persons with Advanced Lung Disease and their families know what to expect at the end of life...

The Palliative Care Bridge The Palliative Care Bridge is an Australian based website dedicated to providing information and resources to support health...

The Palliative Care Formulary 3rd edition The Palliative Care Formulary is established as a comprehensive compendium of essential therapeutic information about drugs...

Palliative Medicine: Expert Consult (available online and print) This new reference equips you with all of today's best international approaches for meeting complex and multifaceted challenges.

Palliative Performance Scale (version 2) PPSv2 The Victoria Hospice Palliative Performance Scale version 2 (PPSv2) is an 11-point scale designed to measure a patient's...

Pediatric Pain and Symptom Management Algorithms for Palliative Care These pain and symptom algorithms were developed in response to the needs identified by many different individuals and agencies.

A Physician's Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients, 2nd ed. A guide for primary care physicians, general internists, oncologists, and other health care providers who wish to provide...

Psychosocial Care One of many clinical practice guidelines developed by Fraser Health Hospice Palliative Care Program. Provides recommendations...

Hypercalcemia

Lymphedema

Mouth care

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Nausea / vomiting

Pain

Radiation skin reactions

Spinal cord compression - see Palliative care emergencies

Swallowing

Wounds

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...

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Guidelines for Discharge Planning for First Nations Patients Returning to Home Community for Palliative Care The Palliative Care Program of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority has developed " Guidelines for Discharge Planning...

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