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Shift your care to a palliative approach (infographic) Not all patients will require care provided by specialized palliative programs but they can still benefit from a palliative...

Social History Implementation Module A social history is a compilation of biographical information about an individual. It may include questions about an individual's...

Summary Chart: Hospice Palliative Care Nursing Certification Exam Development Guidelines This document includes the CNA Hospice Palliative Care Nursing Certification Exam development guidelines and the list of...

Surgical Grand Rounds: Palliative Care (presentations) online presentations from Surgical Grand Rounds: Palliative Care at University of Massachusetts, Memorial Medical Center,...

Teaching end-of-life care in the home Article available with free access online.

Teaching Resources for Social Work Education in Hospice Palliative Care Teaching resources for social work education in hospice palliative care available in French and English. This unit contains...

The 2015 Quality of Death Index: Ranking of Palliative Care Across the World (2nd Ed.) The Quality of Death Index was devised and constructed by an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The 2015 Index evaluates...

The 2015 Quality of Death Index Ranking Palliative Care Across the World: key findings inforgraphic This infographic summarizes the findings of The Quality of Death Index which was devised and constructed by the Economist...

The Best Care Possible - A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life Dr. Ira Byock, one of the foremost palliative-care physicians in the United States iluminates one of the most important and...

The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine, 2nd ed. A critique of the approach of modern medicine. Drawing on a number of patient narratives, the author writes that the goal...