Tools for Practice

Sedation in Palliative Care - Indications and Guidelines

Description:

The video includes a lecture style presentation by assistant professor Jennifer Philip on the indications and guidelines around sedation in palliative care, followed by a multi-disciplinary discussion of three cases, with the following panellists:
-Dr Justin Dwyer, Psychiatrist in Psychosocial Cancer Care Team, St. Vincent’s Hospital
-John Dalla, Palliative Care Nurse Coordinator at Alfred Health
-Annette Cudmore, Palliative Care Nurse Consultant at Goulburn Valley Hospice Care Consultancy Service Inc.
-Dr David Brumley, Palliative Care Physician at Barwon Health and Lecturer at Deakin University
Following the lecture, 3 cases will be discussed which are all fictitious, but based on real life of patient-clinician scenarios.
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Author(s):

Professor Jennifer Philip, Centre for Palliative Care, Melbourne