Tools for Practice

Our clinical team has identified protocols, advanced practices, and assessment and evaluation tools to help support your practice.
Communication
Aboriginal (Canada) Palliative Care - Communication within the Family
Video, produced by the Pallium Project and available free-of-charge online, is intended to promote reflection and discussion... read more...
Advance Care Planning Workbook
Workbook for individuals and families, funded by Canadian Partnership Against Cancer and The GlaxoSmithKline Foundation. read more...
Alberta - Hear My Voice
The Hear My Voice activity is an innovative resource specifically developed to support the process of advance care planning... read more...
Being present : A Nurse's Resource for End-of-Life Communication
This E-book, based on nursing research, offer strategies to help nurses talk with patients and families about their needs,... read more...
The Best Care Possible - A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through teh End of Life
Dr. Ira Byock, one of the foremost palliative-care physicians in the United States iluminates one of the most important and... read more...
Butterfly Indicator Module
A method for quick and effective communication regarding the death of a resident. Utilizing the butterfly indicator is an... read more...
NewCancer and Advance Care Planning: Tips for Oncology Professionals
This tool for oncology professionals provides practical suggestions for when to have the discussion, with specific conversation... read more...
Cancer Word Book with Severn Ojibwe (Oji-Cree) Equivalents
Produced to promote communication when caring for First Nations people who speak Oji-Cree. read more...
CANHELP (Canadian Health Care Evaluation Project) Questionaire
The CANHELP (Canadian Health Care Evaluation Project) questionnaire was originally designed/ used by researchers to measure... read more...
CARENET
The Canadian Researchers at the End of Life Network (CARENET) is a group of health care professionals from across the country... read more...
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