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Advance care planning / Decision making

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Clinical practice guidelines

General

Advance Care Planning with Cancer Patients: Guideline Recommendations This document, developed by the Program in Evidence-Based Care (Cancer Care Ontario), provides interdisciplinary guidelines...

Canadian Medical Association Handbook on Clinical Practice Guidelines This handbook provides up-to-date, evidence-based, experience-driven guidance on how to use clinical practice guidelines...

Canadian Medical Association website This is a link to clinical practice guidelines featured on the Canadian Medical Association website

Care of dying adults in the last days of life This guideline covers the clinical care of adults (18 years and over) who are dying during the last 2 to 3 days of life.

The Champlain Region Palliative Sedation Therapy Clinical Practice and Medication Guidelines (2018) The guidelines were developed to ensure safe, effective, and appropriate use of palliative sedation therapy and to enhance...

CHPCA Advance Care Planning Resource Commons The Advance Care Planning Resource Commons has been created as a repository for uploading and sharing resources to reach...

CHPCA Pediatric Resource Commons The Pediatric Resource Commons has been created as a repository for resources related to pediatric hospice palliative and...

Client Centred Care The central theme of the guideline focuses on the experience of the client from his/her perspective, minimizing vulnerability,...

Clinical Ethics-based Decision Process Practical guide for decision making developed by Bashir Jiwani, Director, Ethics Services, Fraser Health.

Clinical Practice Guideline: Person-and Family-Centred Care This guideline provides best practice recommendations for direct care providers, staff and student educators. It also provides...

Non-cancer diseases

Psychosocial / spiritual care

Symptoms

Anorexia - 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...

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...

Clinical Practice Guideline: Person-and Family-Centred Care This guideline provides best practice recommendations for direct care providers, staff and student educators. It also provides...

Constipation - 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...

Cough - 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...

COVID-19 advanced illness and palliative care infographic

Dehydration - 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...

Delirium - 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...

Dysphagia - 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...

Dyspnea - 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