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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 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...
Aboriginal Relationship and Cultural Competency Courses This free online course was designed by Cancer Care Ontario for healthcare providers to enhance knowledge of First Nations,...
NewAdvanced Practice Spiritual Care in Palliative Care This self-guided course, Advanced Practice Spiritual Care in Palliative Care, is for experienced clinical practitioners and...
Am I Safe: Supporting conversations about patient safety in the home Providing safe health care in an unpredictable home setting poses unique challenges.   This document discusses considerations...
Being Mortal Gawande presents a detailed, but highly readable history of how the meaning of death has changed over the past fifty or sixty...
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...
Brain Tumour Care: Supporting Patients & Caregivers Through the Care Trajectory This interactive one hour module provides information for healthcare providers on supporting brain tumour patients and their...
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Nursing Competencies' Case Examples Many avenues of study are required to prepare for and write the CNA - HPC Nursing Certification Exam. This document has been...
Caring for the Human Spirit Spiritual care journal started in Summer 2014 by the Health Care Chaplaincy Network. See the attached inaugural issue. For...
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