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Clinical practice guidelines

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Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: Quick Reference Guide Multiple multi-national pressure ulcer/injury advisory panel groups came together to develop clinical practice guidelines...

Principles of Opioid Management This guideline provides recommendations for the assessment and symptom management of adult patients (age 19 years and older)...

Psychosocial & Palliative Care Pathway This Pathway provides an overview of the evidence-based best practices for the management of patients in Ontario during a...

Psychosocial Care One of many clinical practice guidelines developed by Fraser Health Hospice Palliative Care Program. Provides recommendations...

Registerd Nurses Association of Ontario website Find out more about the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario Clinical Practice Guideline Program and guidelines developed...

Re-Thinking Palliative Care in the Community: A Change Guide Based on Dr Seow's research, this guide will help to build your community palliative care program.

The Route to Success in End of Life Care - Achieving Quality for People with Learning Disabilities Prepared by the National End of Life Care Programme, this publication aims to provide a practical guide which supports anyone...

Symptom Assessment Acronym The Symptom Assessment Acronym is a tool to aid in a systematic assessment approach to whatever hospice palliative care symptom...

Update: The Supreme Court Ruling on Physician-Assisted Death (Nursing) This online article by the Canadian Nurses Protective Society (CNPS) discusses considerations for nursing practice in relation...

Non-cancer diseases

Psychosocial / spiritual care

Symptoms

Pruritus - 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...

Respiratory Congestion - 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...

Sedation for Palliative Purposes – Evidence Informed Practice Tool This guideline provides recommendations for adult and pediatric clinical practice when Sedation for Palliative Purposes is...

Sedation for Palliative Purposes Guideline – PowerPoint Presentation This is the PowerPoint presentation that outlines details of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority guideline on Sedation...

Severe Bleeding - 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...

Twitching / Myoclonus / Seizures - 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...

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