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	Tools for Practice A Search for Solutions: A Gathering on Palliative and End-of-Life Care for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples This document highlights the experience of First Nations, Inuit and Métis (FNIM) people around accessing palliative and end... read more... Posted: June 14, 2017
	Books, Links, and More Safe disposal of fentanyl patches This page on the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia website, offers helpful information to patients, family members... read more... Posted: June 14, 2017
	Quick Consults What is happening with the opioid crisis in Canada? What should I know to use opioids safely with palliative care patients? Background on the Opioid Crisis The opioid overdose crisis refers to the rise in opioid overdose deaths. The crisis has resulted... read more... Posted: June 12, 2017
	Quick Consults What should I know to use fentanyl safely with palliative care patients? Safety considerations when using opioids As health care providers taking care of palliative care patients, we need to educate... read more... Posted: June 12, 2017
	Asked and Answered I’m concerned about what I hear in the media about fentanyl. Is it safe to use fentanyl? How do I use my patch safely? Fentanyl is a medication that’s been in the media a great deal recently. It plays a large part in the current opioid overdose... read more... Posted: June 12, 2017
	Tools for Practice Canada’s most Vulnerable: Improving health care for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis seniors This report highlights some of the challenges and disparities in health care for Aboriginal communities and more specifically... read more... Posted: June 09, 2017
	Books, Links, and More Pregnancy Loss Individuals and couples who have experienced pregnancy loss, share their personal stories and experiences read more... Posted: June 09, 2017
	The Gallery What you don't know can hurt us: the faces of gender What you don't know can hurt us: the faces of gender read more... Posted: June 08, 2017
	The Gallery Recorded KidsGrieve2 Q&A Webinar with Andrea Warnick June 2017 Recorded KidsGrieve2 Q&A Webinar with Andrea Warnick June 2017 read more... Posted: June 07, 2017
	Tools for Practice Pan-Canadian Framework for Palliative and End-of-Life Care Research The development of this framework was supported by a diverse means of data collection including a literature review, a disseminated... read more... Posted: June 05, 2017
	Books, Links, and More Advance Care Planning Workbook: Prince Edward Island Edition This online workbook developed by Health P. E. I focuses on information and support for Prince Edward Island, Canada residents... read more... Posted: June 05, 2017
	Tools for Practice When Professionals Weep: Emotional and Countertransference Responses in Palliative and End-of-Life Care. This book speaks to the health care provider’s experiences with death, loss, illness and grief in their clinical practice... read more... Posted: June 05, 2017
	Your Stories Love is the greatest healer I have dealt with many losses in my life, starting with my birth in war-torn Cambodia. Two weeks ago on May 16, 2017 my beloved... read more... Posted: May 30, 2017
	The Gallery Recorded Methadone4Pain.ca Webinar - May 2017 Recorded Methadone4Pain. ca Webinar - May 2017 read more... Posted: May 23, 2017
	The Gallery Recorded KidsGrieve2 Q&A Webinar with Andrea Warnick May 2017 Recorded KidsGrieve2 Q&A Webinar with Andrea Warnick May 2017 read more... Posted: May 23, 2017
	Courses and Conferences Online Certificate Course 2: Advanced Practice Spiritual Care in Palliative Care This course explores specific topics in an in-depth manner that requires participants to engage in deeper critical thinking... read more... Posted: May 19, 2017
	Courses and Conferences Online Certificate Course 1: Fundamentals of Spiritual Care in Palliative Care This course is for chaplains, nurses, social workers, physicians and others on the interdisciplinary health care team who... read more... Posted: May 19, 2017
	The Gallery My ACP Community My ACP Community read more... Posted: May 18, 2017

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