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Spirituality and Medical Practice: Using the HOPE Questions as a Practical Tool for Spiritual Assessment

The HOPE questions described in this article provide a guide for spirituality assessment.
As published in American Family Physician, 2001...

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Doloplus-2

The Doloplus-2 is used for behavioural pain assessment in cognitively impaired patients.

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Bereavement Risk Assessment Tool (BRAT)

The Bereavement Risk Assessment Tool, or BRAT, is a psychosocial assessment tool used by care team members to communicate personal,...

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CHESS Assessment Scale

The Changes in Health, End-stage disease and Signs and Symptoms (CHESS) scale was designed to identify individuals at risk of serious...

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Ten Steps to Better Prognostication

This table is copyright but is provided free to be used in any format without permission. Please acknowledge source:
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Am I Safe: Supporting conversations about patient safety in the home

Providing safe health care in an unpredictable home setting poses unique challenges.  This document discusses considerations and approaches to conversations...

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Taking A Spiritual History, 2nd ed

Medical College of Wisconsin - End of Life/Palliative Care Education Resource Centre have created/posted this spiritual history assessment tool.

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Frontal Behaviour Inventory

This tool has been created for healthcare providers to assess for changes in behaviour and personality in patients with dementia...

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Perinatal Loss: Mobile App to Assist in Care

This article briefly outlines a newly developed free mobile app designed to support the needs of woman who have experienced...

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Non-Communicative Patient’s Pain Assessment Instrument (NOPPAIN)

A US Veterans Affairs METRIC(TM) Instrument for pain assessment in the non-verbal patient.
For more information, contact Dr Snow:

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