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Navigation: A Guide to Implementing Best Practices in Person-Centred Care The new navigation guide, which builds on a working document released in 2010, describes the different types of navigation...

Nursing Curricula Resource Guide The Canadian Virtual Hospice has created this Guide for nursing educators to provide quick access to evidence-informed teaching...

Optimising the role and value of the interdisciplinary team: Providing person-centred end of life care Effective interdisciplinary teamwork, with its emphasis on person-centred communication, is increasingly seen as a way of...

Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing (3rd ed.) This textbook has become a key resource for nurses working in the field of palliative care. Content is contributed by 140...

Palliative and End-of-Life Care Teaching and Learning Resources 2012 Palliative and end-of-life care teaching and learning resources include competencies, story-based learning modules/presentations,...

Palliative Approach In-service for LTC The following education module was created as an introduction to the palliative care approach for staff working in long term...

Palliative Care Competence Framework for Nursing and Midwifery

Palliative care in neurological disease : A team approach. This unique and comprehensive book builds bridges between palliative and neurological care expertise for professionals who...

Palliative Care In The Home This practical reference book by noted palliative care specialists gives clear guidelines on how to provide high-quality...

Palliative Care: Transforming the Care of Serious Illness (lecture) Leffert Lecture, December 2014, Massachusetts General Hospital, presented by Dr Diane Meir, Department of Geriatrics and...