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Communicating with and supporting patients with palliative care needs
Palliative Care
What is covered in the Palliative Care guidelines?
Overview of palliative care
Communicating with and supporting patients with palliative care needs
Overview of communicating with and supporting patients with palliative care needs
Talking about death and dying
Breaking bad news in palliative care
Discussing prognosis in palliative care
Understanding what ‘dying well’ means to a patient
Cultural considerations in palliative care
Discussing goals of care in palliative care
Financial assistance in palliative care
Use of equipment and aids in palliative care
Fitness to drive in palliative care
Fitness to travel in palliative care
References
Advance care planning
Decision-making and ethical challenges in palliative care
Family support in palliative care
Support for carers in palliative care
Healthcare professional wellbeing in palliative care
Loss, grief and bereavement
Principles of symptom management in palliative care
Emergencies in palliative care
Principles of paediatric palliative care
Principles of palliative care for patients with common life-limiting illnesses
Multimorbidity and frailty in palliative care
Disorders of substance use in palliative care
Desire to die in palliative care
Pain in palliative care
Fatigue in palliative care
Respiratory problems in palliative care
Gastrointestinal problems in palliative care
Emotional, psychological and behavioural symptoms in palliative care
Delirium in palliative care
Sleep disturbance in palliative care
Neurological and neuromuscular problems in palliative care
Dermatological problems in palliative care
Genitourinary problems in palliative care
Haematological problems in palliative care
Hypercalcaemia associated with cancer
Hyponatraemia in palliative care
Catastrophic terminal events in palliative care
Care in the last days of life
After-death care
Medication management in palliative care
Opioid use in palliative care
Communicating with and supporting patients with palliative care needs
Published
December 2024
Overview of communicating with and supporting patients with palliative care needs
Talking about death and dying
Breaking bad news in palliative care
Discussing prognosis in palliative care
Understanding what ‘dying well’ means to a patient
Cultural considerations in palliative care
Discussing goals of care in palliative care
Financial assistance in palliative care
Use of equipment and aids in palliative care
Fitness to drive in palliative care
Fitness to travel in palliative care
