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By: The Canadian Virtual Hospice Team What is pain? Pain is one way that your body lets you know there’ s a problem. It’ s common with most serious illnesses to have some pain. Most of the time,...
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By: The Canadian Virtual Hospice Team What is shortness of breath? “ Air hunger” The medical term for shortness of breath is dyspnea . This has been defined as “ an uncomfortable awareness...
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By: The Canadian Virtual Hospice Team What is loss of appetite and loss of weight? When someone is living with a serious illness that can’ t be cured, they will typically experience an ongoing...
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... enter hospice, will I have any control over how much pain relief I can get? | Asked and Answered | Canadian Virtual Hospice
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The Canadian Thoracic Society defines COPD as "a respiratory disorder largely caused by smoking, which is characterized by progressive, partially reversible airway obstruction and lung hyperinflation,...
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... managing patients prescribed methadone for pain in palliative care. The course was developed by Canadian Virtual Hospice and leading Canadian palliative pain management specialists, in collaboration with...
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... Director, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Palliative Care Program and Physician Consultant, Canadian Virtual Hospice.
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The Canadian Virtual Hospice has created this Guide for nursing educators to provide quick access to evidence-informed teaching tools for lectures and student projects. The Guide is organized by themes...