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A Child in Pain: What Health Professionals Can Do to Help

Written by Leora Kuttner, PhD, a pediatric clinical psychologist who specializes in treating children’s pain, this book is addressed to all disciplines....

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Alleviating Pain and Suffering in Children Receiving Palliative Care

This webinar is part of a pediatric pain series organized by the CIHR Team in Children’s Pain and its knowledge translation partner, CAPHC....

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Authorizing Dried Cannabis for Chronic Pain or Anxiety: Preliminary Guidance

This guidance document was prepared on behalf of the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) by members of the...

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Refractory Symptoms and Palliative Sedation Therapy Guideline

This guideline provides recommendations for the ongoing assessment and symptom management of adult patients (age 19 years and older) living...

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Canadian Guideline for Safe and Effective Use of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain

The Canadian Guideline is presented in two separate documents: Part A (Executive Summary and Background) and Part B (Recommendations for...

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Pain - B.C. Inter-professional Palliative Symptom Management Guidelines

These best practice guidelines are a result of a collaboration of the following organizations:  The BC Centre for Palliative Care,...

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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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Pain Assessment for the Cognitively/Communicatively Impaired (PACCI)

The PACCI is a valid pain assessment tool for the cognitively and communicatively impaired individual. The tool consists of 30...

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Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia Scale (PAINAD)

This pain behavior tool is used to assess pain in older adults who have dementia or other cognitive impairment and...

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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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