Palliative Care

The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care Manual of Palliative Care 3rd Edition

The IAHPC Manual of Palliative Care is not intended to be a substitute for any textbook or reference book. Nor do its authors claim that it is exhaustive and comprehensive. It does however contain much of what is necessary for the day-to-day practice of palliative care.

• Source: hospicecare.com
• Clinical Resource: Manual
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Pallative Care Matters

Contents

• Clinical guidelines and notes
• Syringe driver drug compatibility
• Opioid dose converter

• Source: pallcare.info
• Clinical Resource: Various
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Fast Facts and Concepts

Fast Facts provide concise, practical, peer-reviewed and evidence-based summaries on key palliative care topics important to clinicians and trainees caring for patients facing serious illness.

• Source: mypcnow.org
• Clinical Resource: Summaries
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Pallipedia – The Free Online Palliative Care Dictionary

• Source: pallipedia.org
• Clinical Resource: Dictionary
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Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines

The Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines reflect a consensus of opinion about good practice in the management of adult patients with life limiting illness. They are designed for healthcare professionals from any care setting who are involved in supporting people with a palliative life-limiting condition.

Pain
Symptom Control
Palliative Emergencies
End of Life Care
Medicine Information
Patient Information

• Source: rightdecisions.scot.nhs.uk
• Clinical Resource: Guidelines
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The Palliative Care Handbook
A Good Practice Guide
Wessex Palliative Physicians

This handbook contains guidance to help GPs, community nurses and hospital staff as well as specialist palliative care teams. It aims to provide a checklist for the management of common problems in palliative care, with some information on drug treatment.

• Source: ruh.nhs.uk
• Clinical Resource: Handbook
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The Palliative Care Handbook

The aim of this resource is to make palliative care understandable for healthcare professionals, using clear logical layout and understandable explanations of how to manage and cope with problems that can be very challenging. It includes sections on dementia, nutrition and prescribing.

• Source: hospice.org.nz
• Clinical Resource: Handbook
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Guidelines for the Management of Common Symptoms in the Last Few Days of Life
LOROS Hospice

• Source: loros.co.uk
• Clinical Resource: Guideline
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Care of dying adults in the last days of life
NICE Guideline

This guideline covers the clinical care of adults (18 years and over) who are dying during the last 2 to 3 days of life. It aims to improve end of life care for people in their last days of life by communicating respectfully and involving them, and the people important to them, in decisions and by maintaining their comfort and dignity. The guideline covers how to manage common symptoms without causing unacceptable side effects and maintain hydration in the last days of life.

• Source: nice.org.uk
• Clinical Resource: Guideline
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Syringe Driver Compatibility Guidance

• Source: bettersafecare.vic.gov.au
• Clinical Resource: Guidance
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Palliative care for adults: strong opioids for pain relief
NICE Guideline

The guideline will address first-line treatment with strong opioids for patients who have been assessed as requiring pain relief at the third level of the WHO pain ladder.

• Source: nice.org.uk
• Clinical Resource: Guideline
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Switching between morphine and other opioids in palliative care

This article forms part of a series

Switching between morphine and other opioids in palliative care

• Estimating dose equivalence from oral morphine to other opioids
• An example oral opioid switch from morphine to oxycodone

• Source: sps.nhs.uk
• Clinical Resource: Guidance
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Opioid Conversion Chart

Opioid drug conversion chart

• Source: loros.co.uk
• Clinical Resource: Chart
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