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Advance care planning / Decision making

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Clinical practice guidelines

General

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care The goal of the 4th edition of the National Consensus Project’s Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative...

Continuous Subcutaneous Infusion (CSCI) Protocol This protocol supports the practice of administering one or more medications via Continuous Subcutaneous Infusion (CSCI)...

Decision-making for the End of Life The purpose of this policy is to assist physicians in providing medically and ethically appropriate care to patients at the...

Defining consensus norms for palliative care of people with intellectual disabilities in Europe Defining consensus norms for palliative care of people with intellectual disabilities in Europe, using Delphi methods: A...

End of life treatment and care: Good practice in decision-making A draft for consultation Good end-of-life care helps patients with life-limiting conditions to live as well as possible until they die, and to die...

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...

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...

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...

Guiding Principles for Physicians Recommending Mobile Health Applications to Patients This guideline is designed to provide basic information for physicians about how to assess a mobile health application for...

Implementation of Palliative Care ICU Guidelines and Procedures: A Quality Improvement Initiative Following Investigation of Alleged Euthanasia Implementation of Palliative Care ICU Guidelines and Procedures: A Quality Improvement Initiative Following Investigation...

Non-cancer diseases

Psychosocial / spiritual care

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...

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