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Care in the last days of life
Pain in the last days of life
Palliative Care
What is covered in the Palliative Care guidelines?
Overview of palliative care
Communicating with and supporting patients with palliative care needs
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
Preparing for the last days of life
Recognising when death is approaching
Principles of care in the last days of life
Pain in the last days of life
Principles of managing pain in the last days of life
Opioid therapy for pain in the last days of life in patients who do not already take an opioid
Opioid therapy for pain in the last days of life in patients who already take an opioid
Breathlessness causing distress in the last days of life
Respiratory tract secretions in the last days of life
Nausea and vomiting in the last days of life
Agitation and restlessness in the last days of life
Seizures in the last days of life
Refractory distress in the last days of life
After-death care
Medication management in palliative care
Opioid use in palliative care
Pain in the last days of life
Published
December 2024
Principles of managing pain in the last days of life
Opioid therapy for pain in the last days of life in patients who do not already take an opioid
Opioid therapy for pain in the last days of life in patients who already take an opioid
