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End-of-Life Care During the Last Days and Hours This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for registered nurses and registered practical nurses on best nursing...

Faith Community Outreach Guide Free online outreach guides for health care providers to enhance access and palliative care in these diverse communities.

Family meetings in palliative care: Multidisciplinary clinical practice guidelines Clinical practice guidelines developed from research study offer a framework for preparing, conducting and evaluating family...

Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society: Bridging Research and Practice This text presents an explanation of research-based theories and clinical wisdom across a variety of topics in the field...

Guide for Implementing Screening for Distress, the 6th Vital Sign Created by the Cancer Journey Action Group, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, this guideline includes screening tools...

Guidelines Resource Centre: SAGE Directory of Cancer Guidelines A comprehensive searchable database of English language cancer guidelines and standards released since 2003 that are rated...

Healthy caregiving: Perspectives for caring professionals This book is for professionals working in healthcare and incorporates perspectives from Henri Nouwen’s work in both spirituality...

Latino Outreach Guide Free online outreach guides for health care providers to enhance access and palliative care in these diverse communities.

LGBT End-of-Life Conversations A website dedicated to fostering effective communication, create community and facilitate care for lesbian, gay, bisexual...

Life and Death Matters (Education Resources) Free online educational resources - podcasts, powerpoint presentations, an instructors's manual, and many more resources...

Symptoms

Fatigue - 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...

Hiccoughs - 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...

Joint Position Statement: The palliative approach to care and the role of the nurse The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA), the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) and the Canadian Hospice...

Medication Reconciliation in Home Care (version 2) This guideline has been written to help engage your inter-professional/ interdisciplinary teams in a dynamic approach for...

Nausea and Vomiting - 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...

Pain - 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...

Palliative care COVID-19 communication and symptom guidelines This guidance document was created for healthcare providers, by Manitoba Palliative Care Physicians. It includes the role...

Palliative Care Guidelines - Part 2 (of 3): Pain and Symptom Management This guideline found on BCguidelines. ca, “presents strategies for the assessment and management of cancer pain, and symptoms...

Palliative Care Guidelines – Part 3 (of 3): Grief and Bereavement This guideline found on BCguidelines. ca, “addresses the needs of adult patients with incurable cancer or advanced disease...

Parkinson's disease: Diagnosis and management in primary and secondary care The NICE clinical guideline on Parkinson's disease discusses recommendations for the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, medications...

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Health care directives / Living wills - see Advanced care planning