Tools for Practice

This book provides clinical guidance for health care providers on various end-of-life symptoms, grief and bereavement, communication, and predicting prognosis.

The guidelines were developed to ensure safe, effective, and appropriate use of palliative sedation therapy and to enhance standardization of...

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

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

Facing Death (Frontline documentary)
PBS Broadcast "Facing Death" - Available to view on-line

This documentary takes a closer look at today's complicated end-of-life...

The Canadian Researchers at the End of Life Network (CARENET) is a group of health care professionals from across the...

An informative resource on implanted cardioverter defibrillator deactivation. This document includes content on communication approaches with patients and families, care...

Family members who make life-or-death decisions for loved ones are at high risk for anxiety and depression. This article includes...

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

In a major national effort to integrate and improve palliative care in the ICU, the Center to Advance Palliative Care...