Tools for Practice

Joanne Lynn and colleagues give practical advice on how to get measurable quality improvements in palliative care provided by palliative...

Just a few generations ago, serious illness, like hazardous weather, arrived with little warning, and people either lived through it...

This is a practical, accessible guide for nurses on the management and care of the dying and deceased patient.  It...

None of us likes to think about what our last days will be like. But if we do think about...

In late 2017, the Act Providing for the Development of a Framework on Palliative Care in Canada was passed by...

The new navigation guide, which builds on a working document released in 2010, describes the different types of navigation programs...

BMC Geriatrics is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the health and healthcare...

A US based website created by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine to raise awareness of the benefits of...

Free on-line access to video and transcript of an in-depth segment about palliative care. Host Richard D. Heffner interviewed Diane E. Meier,...

Leffert Lecture, December 2014, Massachusetts General Hospital, presented by Dr Diane Meir, Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Care and Medicine...