Tools for Practice

Knowing What To Say --- "Speaking With Patients About Spirituality & Exploring Verbal Responses to Spiritual Pain" is an educational lecture...

LivingMyCulture.ca shares the lived experience of sixty-four people from eleven cultures. Stories about traditions, rituals and spirituality, experiences of care,...

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

This 40-minute powerpoint presentation provides an overview of the diagnostic criteria, prevalence, screening methods and medical management of dementia. 

This free online course was designed by Cancer Care Ontario for healthcare providers to enhance knowledge of First Nations, Inuit...

Dr. Ira Byock, one of the foremost palliative-care physicians in the United States iluminates one of the most important and...

The Academy's self-study program consists of a series of monographs, or UNIPACs, each following the recommended format for self-instructional learning...

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

The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) is a branch of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. The project provides...

The Canadian Virtual Hospice has created this Guide for nursing educators to provide quick access to evidence-informed teaching tools for...