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Palliative Performance Scale and Care Conference

The Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) serves as a way for the interprofessional team to communicate with each other or with...

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Teaching end-of-life care in the home

Article available with free access online.  

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Palliation of End-stage Heart Disease: Three Things You Need to Know

Evidenced-based powerpoint presentation addressing symptom management, prognostication/goals of care, and palliative care consult support.

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Palliative Performance Scale (version 2) PPSv2

The Victoria Hospice Palliative Performance Scale version 2 (PPSv2) is an 11-point scale designed to measure a patient's performance status...

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Symptom Management in Comfort End-of-Life Care of Pneumonia

An approach to managing terminal pneumonia, a common end-of-life complication in many progressive chronic conditions, including dementia,...

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Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Guidelines for Discharge Planning for First Nations Patients Returning to Home Community for Palliative Care

The Palliative Care Program of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority has developed " Guidelines for Discharge Planning for First Nations...

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